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
Topic: Privacy / Crypto Wars
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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