In a sensational turn of events in the fight against Chat Control, a majority in the European Parliament voted today to end the untargeted mass scanning of private communications. In doing so, the Parliament firmly rejected the error-prone and unconstitutional surveillance practices of recent years. Pressure is now mounting on EU governments to respect the MEPs’ vote and bury untargeted mass surveillance in Europe once and for all.
Yay for the EU! Hopefully you guys get a law that will permanently enshrine your privacy rights (or rights to encrypted chats at least).
There is no such thing as permanent laws. And for good reasons.
I mean, yeah, I didn’t necessarily mean forever. And you’re right. But I hope you get some sort of law that is actually enforceable and has a chance of being useful for as long as it lives to defend you right to privacy.
GDPR already exists, but there is no such thing as permanence in politics. Constant struggle
And there have been talks to weaken GDPR to appease Americans. So no rights are never permanent