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Chat Control 2.0: EU governments set to approve the end of private messaging and secure encryption
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this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2023
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No, they wouldn't. The law aims at making it compulsory for companies to add that backdoor, private individuals can still run whatever software they want, they can't stop you from running a not-for-profit app from some independent developer that doesn't relay on servers.