I recently heard a political discussion about this topic and was disappointed by the lack of technical competency among the participants. What we're talking about here is the requirement to run a non-auditable, non-transparent black box on any device to scan all communications. What could possibly go wrong with that?
Chat control has already been voted down more than once in the past.
They will keep at it until they succeed [1]. The playbook was copied from the tobacco & oil industry and perfected by hollywood.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_to_Prevent_and_Comb...
Is there any EU process to codify principles (e.g. Human Digital Rights) that need to be upheld in future attempts?
Article 8 – Right to respect for private and family life
1. Everyone has the right to respect for his
private and family life, his home and his
correspondence.
2. There shall be no interference by a public
authority with the exercise of this right except
such as is in accordance with the law and is
necessary in a democratic society in the interests
of national security, public safety or the economic
well-being of the country, for the prevention of
disorder or crime, for the protection of health or
morals, or for the protection of the rights and
freedoms of others.
I wasn't exactly thrilled at the prospect of some kind of encryption backdoor, but hearing it put like this genuinely horrifies me. Like a vulnerable keylogger on every device.