Re:Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption'
by yyyk on Friday December 03, 2021 @03:42PM
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What does 'right to encryption' actually mean in this new plan? Can anyone explain in English?
For example, Google Translate (always dubious) gives the following*: "The state must also offer the possibility of real encrypted communication". Which may mean either 'e2e communication' or 'e2e communication except government' or even merely 'the state must create an encrypted messaging solution and allow everyone to use it, but nothing else will change' (and no one will actually use it due to scale effects Whatsapp etc. have).
For example, Google Translate (always dubious) gives the following*: "The state must also offer the possibility of real encrypted communication". Which may mean either 'e2e communication' or 'e2e communication except government' or even merely 'the state must create an encrypted messaging solution and allow everyone to use it, but nothing else will change' (and no one will actually use it due to scale effects Whatsapp etc. have).
* From Cu3PO42's excellent comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29434183