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Title: Europe and Australia both back down on CSAM scanning that would break encryption
Post by: HCK on June 27, 2024, 04:05:08 pm
Europe and Australia both back down on CSAM scanning that would break encryption

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/06/Governments-back-down-on-CSAM-scanning.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>Both the EU and Australia have backed down on separate proposals to force tech companies to carry out <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/csam/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CSAM[/url] scanning within messaging apps, which would have meant breaking end-to-end <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">encryption[/url].</p>



<p>It’s the latest development in the ongoing battle between tech companies and politicians who <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2020/02/28/how-end-to-end-encryption-works/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">don’t understand how encryption works[/url] … </p>



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Source: Europe and Australia both back down on CSAM scanning that would break encryption (https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/21/governments-back-down-on-csam-scanning/)