Europol chief says Big Tech has 'responsibility' to unlock encrypted messages

> Technology giants must do more to co-operate with law enforcement on encryption or they risk threatening European democracy

If your democracy is that fragile, then it was never going to survive the assaults of your own politicians, never mind citizens keeping secrets from their wannabe panopticon governments.

I think they have a responsibility to honor the constitutions of respective countries and not do that at all.

Seriously, this undermines my belief that an international institution like Europol can work if not heavily constrained to be a bridge between executive forces of cooperating countries.

Some members of Europol do good work to fight international crime, which includes criminal online networks. I believe they need wiser leadership that accepts constraints and realities of their tools and use these to the best of their abilities.

Encryption, including end-to-end encryption for confidential communication is a very important mechanism for democracies that cannot be given away for ambitions of crime fighting organizations that do not have democratic legitimacy to access any form of communication.

> Europol chief says Big Tech has 'responsibility' to unlock encrypted messages

He's right. They shall start with his messages. /s