Dissecting Security Architectures

Tag: Data Retention

  • Data retention and decryption: Justice and Home Affairs Council wants more surveillance

    Data retention and decryption: Justice and Home Affairs Council wants more surveillance

    EU member states will call for bypassing encryption also for counterterrorism and law enforcement. In addition, the entry of extremism suspects should be prevented and their assets frozen in the Union. Tomorrow, the EU justice ministers will hold their regular…

  • Planned regulation: EU Commission postpones mandatory screening of encrypted chats

    Planned regulation: EU Commission postpones mandatory screening of encrypted chats

    Providers of messengers and cloud services will be allowed to voluntarily screen for child abuse content worthy of prosecution, which is to become mandatory across the EU. The Council and Commission are pushing for an extension to other crime areas.…

  • EU surveillance state

    EU surveillance state

    The EU is increasing the surveillance in its Member States. US authorities could soon also wiretap legally in Europe The new European Parliament is to be constituted in September, after which the EU Commission will be re-elected. The governments of…