Schlagwort: CEPOL
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How it all began: Five years of fight against end-to-end encryption
The German EU Presidency wants to enable police forces and secret services to circumvent end-to-end encrypted communication or to use technical tools to defeat it. A look at the activities carried out over the past five years allows some conclusions about who is particularly committed to the new crypto war. In its wake, Europol is […]
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EU police forces plan new information system
European police authorities have numerous applications for communication and information exchange. Member States are now developing another platform for large-scale police operations and terrorist attacks. The European domestic secret services have a similar system. Several European police authorities are developing a new system for the exchange of information in real time. Under the name „Quick […]
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Europol steers arms companies for security research
Following the example of the US Department of Defense, Europol should coordinate European security research. In October, the EU interior ministers had decided on an „Innovation Laboratory“ at the Police Agency. Due to potential confusion, the department will now be renamed. Since 1984, the European Union has organised its civil security research in multi-annual framework […]
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Backdoors vs. Trojans: Europol is examining „solutions“ against end-to-end encryption
The German police also uses a „decryption platform“ at Europol. The system belongs to an „innovation laboratory“ and is currently being equipped with new technology. The EU Commission will soon decide whether Europol should also handle the decryption of secure connections. Since 2014, Europol has been offering Member States support in decrypting data carriers or […]