Security News > 2017 > June > As UK govt calls for encryption backdoors, EU lawmakers propose a ban on them (Help Net Security)
2017-06-20 17:26
As the UK gets hit by terror attacks one after the other, the government’s cry for making sure terrorists and criminals can’t find “safe spaces” online has become a constant. Some European legislators, on the other hand, are asking for European citizens’ right to end-to-end encryption in all forms of digital communications – current and future – to be enshrined in law. Respect for private life The proposal comes from the European Parliament’s Committee on … More →
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