For now, the EU’s Chat Control legislation has been halted by German opposition. What is this new law? And why is it so dangerous?
Punching Upwards, Episode 6 for 19 October 2025
EU / Germany / Privacy / Cryptography / Crypto Wars / Chat Control / Legislation / Software Vulnerabilities / Information Security
Sources
Why chat control is so dangerous, Netzpolitik.org, 2021
Chat Control: The EU Wants to Break Encryption & Germany Is The Deciding Factor, Tuta, 24 September 2025
RFC 4949: Internet Security Glossary, Version 2, Robert Shirey, IETF Network Working Group, 2007
Doomed to Repeat History? - Lessons from the Crypto Wars of the 1990s, Danielle Kehl, Andi Wilson, Kevin Bankston, 2015
Bugs in Our Pockets: The Risks of Client-Side Scanning, Abelson, Anderson, Bellovin et al., 2021
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Laying Down Rules to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse, The European Commission, 2022
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