Maybe we can all 'live without' private messaging?
Pay attention.
Denmark is set to take over the rotating EU Council presidency.
And is sending signals that they want to go after encryption.
Backdoors end badly.
Demanding backdoors isn't just surest way to chase away innovation...it's collective punishment for security services' own failures to adapt.
And the history of democracies is littered with states abusing secret surveillance powers to undermine core values.
Article: https://www.politico.eu/article/encryption-crime-denmark-peter-hummelgaard-europe-privacy/
2/ Today, our most intimate worlds and thoughts pass through our phones.
States forcing their way into these interactions for every citizen is the equivalent of putting a police camera and a microphone between everyones' pillows.
Then asking us to trust they'll will never look...
3/ Here's the thing: there's a global market for trustworthy privacy-respecting apps.
The secure messaging market alone is worth billions & growing.
If European leaders can move past the un-imaginative anti-encryption myopia...it is a natural place to incubate & innovate these industries.
