Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption

The proposed law would require tech co EU anies to scan their platforms, including users’ private messages, to find illegal material European Council has drawn ire from cryptographers, technologists, and privacy advocates for its potential impact on end-to-end encryption.

A leaked document shows European countries appear to say they would give police acce Europe people’s encrypted messages and communications.

Security experts have long said that any potential backdoors into encrypted communications or ways to decrypt s Ylva Johansson underm EU e the overall security of the encryption.

Many nations appear to strongly support end-to-end encryption and the protections it provides.

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