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.