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A comment on EU Draft Council Declaration Against Encryption [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:EU Draft Council Declaration Against Encryption [pdf] by StanislavPetrov on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:49PM (#25042391)
>They're OK with needing approval or getting a warrant to read your email just as long as it's some 3rd party granting access so you won't know.

Of course nobody will ever examine the warrants or the approval process to ensure that "lawful access" is only granted when even the minimal evidentiary standards they require are met. And if they do someday examine those warrants, and find out that they are riddled with falsehoods and inaccuracies that resulted in unlawful spying, it will all be swept under the rug and nobody responsible will be held to legal account - as we have seen in the US.

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/31/824510255/justice-department-...

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Re:EU Draft Council Declaration Against Encryption [pdf] by phkahler on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:35AM (#25045257)
>> Of course nobody will ever examine the warrants or the approval process to ensure that "lawful access" is only granted when even the minimal evidentiary standards they require are met.

Yet another reason they dont want to serve warrants directly on individuals. If people know it's happening they'll question it and make public anything corrupt in the process.

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