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We need #encryption backdoors to 'enforce' democracy says Europol chief.

Says anonymity "not a fundamental right"

I disagree.

#Anonymity is part of the bedrock of protecting healthy dissent.

Forcing total government access to private communications lays the technical groundwork for undermining democracy.

But here we are. It's a new year, so cops & governments are taking fresh swings at encryption.

Only the scare tactics change.

Welcome to a new, cynical chapter in the fight to protect privacy.

Demanding them... when the worst recent national security breaches in the US happened... when #China hacked government-mandated backdoors... is also absurd.

There's every reason to believe something similar may have happened in #Europe , we just don't know it yet.

Shortsighted and cynical stuff.

Story: https://www.ft.com/content/1e6a600d-8620-4ed6-a4cd-5c454d6247ba

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LogicallyMinded 11mo ago

This is a similar position to the one of #ChristineLagarde on the EU #CBDC:

For Lagarde, the digital euro would be successful “if we manage to make sure that #privacy — not #anonymity, but privacy — is protected.”

But even privacy won’t be guaranteed as Lagarde lately introduced the concept of confidentiality instead of privacy. By confidentiality, she means that no one but you and the government or/and bank will know what you used your money for.

This not like cash, thankfully #Monero fixes that.

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