Gregory's ServerGoing Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.
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The first “Going Dark” meeting was led by Olivier Onidi (chat control advocate at the European Commission together with Ylva Johansson) and Anna-Carin Svensson at the Swedish Ministry of Justice. 3/11 Anna-Carin Svensson is known for her, according to Wikileak 2010, recommendation to American authorities to withhold surveillance agreements, between Sweden and USA, from the Swedish parliament. 4/11 At least one former FBI employee has been present at the meetings, saying: “solutions for lawful access (to data on device) should be prioritized". As a former FBI employee, he also expressed "his gratitude for the fact that the issue was being pursued within the EU.” 5/11 On April 21, 2024, European Police Chiefs together issued a joint statement calling for "action against end-to-end encryption." According to Swedish police, the statement is a direct extension of the “Going Dark” initiative. 6/11  @mullvadnet it's at times like this I play CONFLICT's UNGOVERNABLE FORCE album; the one with the riot cop pointing a rubber- bullet launcher at the camera on the cover. According to meeting minutes from the Swedish parliament, the Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer states that the "Going Dark" group will work "to present effective recommendations for the new commission's entry in 2024 and for those recommendations to then be implemented." 7/11 The chat control bill was shot down by the European Parliament last year (still under endless debate in the Council of the EU), after the revelations that American tech companies and authorities has been part of the work behind the proposal. “Going Dark” is the new attempt. 8/11 We need to pay attention to the forces behind this. Both Ylva Johansson’s chat control argumentation and the “Going Dark” rhetoric is like a copy-paste from the FBI Director James Comey back in 2014. 9/11 As @Mer__edith said in a keynote speech: “The current attack on end-to-end encryption is very much related to a desire by some in government to return to the less fettered access to surveillance that they see as having lost post Snowden“ 10/11 In the beginning of June, it’s time for the citizens of the European Union to elect new Members of the European Parliament. Vote for candidates who stand up for privacy as a human right! 11/11 @bjornh @mullvadnet You can check https://chatcontrol.se/status/. It seems V, MP and C are fully against chat control, meaning they are likely against this as well. @weregonnagetthere @mullvadnet I think that was where I landed when i did SVTs test. Not my ordinary parties but privacy is something very important for me.  @mullvadnet Was reading something on Facebook's various decisions and realized that actually you could get rid of a lot of the issue around e2e by making design decisions that promote that better promote safety. I'd also believe the arguments about child safety a lot more if more were being done to alleviate child poverty...  @mullvadnet |
The European Commission has refused to disclose the members of the “Going Dark” High Level Group. However, Mullvad has accessed meeting minutes through a public request to the Swedish Ministry of Justice.
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