Encryption Is Not a Crime

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Oh! That’s a great idea!

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@Karlson

The arguments supporting anti-privacy legislation hinge on the fear of sensational crimes that dominate media coverage, creating an impression that terrorists and child pornographers are around every corner, plotting to pounce on their victims using unbreakable networks. Yet, a straightforward, objective evaluation reveals that these dangers either are 1) exceptionally rare or 2) rarely harm people.

You aren’t wrong. But some people will always want to do the maximum to protect the children which is understandable. One important point is that the voluntary scanning of CSAM (Chat Control 1.0) already results in a lot of reports, 90% of them are false-positives.

Mandatory scanning might increase this to 99%, meaning LE will be overhwelmed and won’t actually be able to detect more CP abusers.

Also, most child abuse is done by family members and is not CSAM. CSAM is only a small part of the overall problem. The cause to CSAM is child abuse and needs to be fought more by education in schools and empowering victims to come out and (more easily) seek protection without needing to drop a complaint which might be intimating.