Stop #ChatControl

Matthew Green on the European Commission’s “Chat Control”:

In practice, the Commission’s proposal—if it is implemented in production systems—invites a range of technical attacks that we simply do not comprehend today, and that scientists have barely begun to think about. Moreover, the Commission is not content to restrain themselves to scanning for known CSAM [Child Sexual-Abuse Media] content as Apple did. Their desire to target previously unknown content as well as textual content such as “grooming behavior” poses risks from many parties and requires countermeasures against abuse and surveillance that are completely undeveloped.

I agree!

A problem with everything EU is that many people think proposals from the Commission is enough for legislation to get through. It’s not how the EU works. If this goes through, it’s because our elected government ministers and MEPs vote in favour of the Commission’s proposal. If we allow this stupidity, it’s because we pick stupid people at the ballot box.