Tag: Five Eyes
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Cryptowars and migration: Great Britain continues to influence EU policy
The British exit from the European Union strengthens cooperation in informal circles. One of these questionable alliances is now launching measures to decrypt secure communications. This also involves the US government. With Brexit, the UK has left the “European area of Freedom, Security and Justice”. From the EU’s point of view, the Kingdom became a […]
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Privileged third country: EU security cooperation with Great Britain after Brexit
British authorities continue to participate in many EU instruments in the area of justice and home affairs, and cooperation in some cases even goes further than with the Schengen states Norway, Iceland or Switzerland. The exit from Europol and the Schengen Information System could strengthen the secret services. With its withdrawal from the European Union, […]
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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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German Ministry of the Interior plans EU declaration against encryption
Since 2016, the Council and Commission of the European Union have been working on ways to decrypt digital content. After setting up a department at Europol, the Internet companies are now being urged to cooperate more. They are to provide police and secret services with decrypted data on request. Within the framework of its EU […]