#protecteu — Public Fediverse posts

Imagine this…

You send a private message to a friend. Just something personal.
But before it reaches them, it gets automatically scanned. Not because you did anything wrong, but because everyone is being checked.

That’s the direction proposals like #Chatcontrol and #ProtectEU are heading.

Privacy feels normal… until it’s gone.

What do you think about this new legislation?

RT by @Eurojust: Europe is stepping up efforts to keep citizens safe.

To address security and hybrid threats such as terrorism, organised crime, cybercrime and attacks on critical infrastructure, the 🇪🇺 strengthens border control and migration management.

#ProtectEU
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⚖️ Under #ProtectEU, Eurojust supports national authorities in terrorism investigations and prosecutions, strengthening cross-border coordination.

🔎 The Counter-Terrorism Register reinforces Member States’ judicial response to terrorist threats.

👉 https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/crime-types-and-cases/crime-types/terrorism

⚖️ Under #ProtectEU, Eurojust supports national authorities in terrorism investigations and prosecutions, strengthening cross-border ...
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RT by @Eurojust: ⚠️ Illicit firearms fuel organised crime and violence.

With the proposed new EU rules on firearms trafficking, we are closing legal gaps and tackling emerging threats, including the misuse of 3D printing for weapons.

Protect what matters. #ProtectEU
📹 @magnusbrunner

⚠️ Illicit firearms fuel organised crime and violence.

With the proposed new EU rules on firearms trafficking, we are closing legal gaps and tackling emerging threats, incl...
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❗️ Organised criminals and terrorists exploit new technologies and loopholes in our laws to spread violence, terror & crime.

These proposals establish an EU-wide framework on firearms offences and close gaps around 3D-printed weapons, helping make 🇪🇺 a safer place.

#ProtectEU

EU Home Affairs (@EUHomeAffairs)

⚠️ Illicit firearms fuel organised crime and violence.

With the proposed new EU rules on firearms trafficking, we are closing legal gaps and tack...
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#ProtectEU: Agenda para prevenir y combatir el terrorismo | COM(2026) 101 final, 26.02.2026 #DocumentosUE https://links.uv.es/6vN4cUc

#ProtectEU: Brüssels digitale Aufrüstung gegen den #Terrorismus | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/ProtectEU-Bruessels-digitale-Aufruestung-gegen-den-Terrorismus-11191928.html #terrorism #SocialMedia #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #democracy #Demokratie #Datenschutz #privacy

⚠️ Terrorist threats are evolving: from online radicalisation to physical attacks.

With the new Counter-Terrorism Agenda, the EU strengthens its resilience against both digital and physical threats, protecting European values and all citizens.

Protect what matters. #ProtectEU
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Pinned: ⚠️ Illicit firearms fuel organised crime and violence.

With the proposed new EU rules on firearms trafficking, we are closing legal gaps and tackling emerging threats, including the misuse of 3D printing for weapons.

Protect what matters. #ProtectEU
📹 @magnusbrunner

⚠️ Illicit firearms fuel organised crime and violence.

With the proposed new EU rules on firearms trafficking, we are closing legal gaps and tackling emerging threats, including the...
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Important point reiterated by @marcel_kolaja at #FOSDEM about the #ProtectEU #GoingDark attacks on encryption:

"There is no 'technical lawful access to end-to-end encrypted communication without breaking privacy and security. Period!"
#ClientSideScanning #ChatControl

"EU governments are pushing to widen data retention obligations for apps that citizens use every day – and the best VPN apps are among those targeted.

A new internal document dated November 27 (first published by Netzpolitik) provides important insights into the current thinking of the Danish Presidency of the EU Council. It shows that member states largely agree on the need for a new framework on data retention, presenting an important overview of lawmakers main position on the matter.

The topic has been debated since April, when the EU Commission first unveiled "ProtectEU," a strategy aiming to create a roadmap for "lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement." The Commission then presented the Roadmap in June, which outlined an intent to decrypt citizens' private data by 2030.

Crucially, the document reveals that EU governments see metadata – specifically traffic and location history – as the most vital tool for law enforcement.

Most member states argue that simply knowing who owns an account isn't enough. Instead, they want a new legal baseline where companies are forced to log exactly when and where a user was online, as well as the IP addresses they used to connect.

The document notes that member states are aware of the legal hurdles of gathering this data and emphasize that any new system must include robust safeguards and strict proportionality to satisfy the courts.

However, privacy experts and technologists have long warned that such 'safeguards' are not enough, arguing that you cannot weaken encryption or retain this data without fundamentally compromising user security.

Besides virtual private network (VPN) companies, other online services targeted include messaging apps, hosting providers, file sharing services, cloud storage apps, and other over-the-top (OTT) services."

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-eu-prepares-ground-for-wider-data-retention-and-vpn-providers-are-among-the-targets

#EU #DataRetention #Privacy #VPNs #Metadata #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #ProtectEU

"EU governments are pushing to widen data retention obligations for apps that citizens use every day – and the best VPN apps are among those targeted.

A new internal document dated November 27 (first published by Netzpolitik) provides important insights into the current thinking of the Danish Presidency of the EU Council. It shows that member states largely agree on the need for a new framework on data retention, presenting an important overview of lawmakers main position on the matter.

The topic has been debated since April, when the EU Commission first unveiled "ProtectEU," a strategy aiming to create a roadmap for "lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement." The Commission then presented the Roadmap in June, which outlined an intent to decrypt citizens' private data by 2030.

Crucially, the document reveals that EU governments see metadata – specifically traffic and location history – as the most vital tool for law enforcement.

Most member states argue that simply knowing who owns an account isn't enough. Instead, they want a new legal baseline where companies are forced to log exactly when and where a user was online, as well as the IP addresses they used to connect.

The document notes that member states are aware of the legal hurdles of gathering this data and emphasize that any new system must include robust safeguards and strict proportionality to satisfy the courts.

However, privacy experts and technologists have long warned that such 'safeguards' are not enough, arguing that you cannot weaken encryption or retain this data without fundamentally compromising user security.

Besides virtual private network (VPN) companies, other online services targeted include messaging apps, hosting providers, file sharing services, cloud storage apps, and other over-the-top (OTT) services."

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-eu-prepares-ground-for-wider-data-retention-and-vpn-providers-are-among-the-targets

#EU #DataRetention #Privacy #VPNs #Metadata #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #ProtectEU

"EU governments are pushing to widen data retention obligations for apps that citizens use every day – and the best VPN apps are among those targeted.

A new internal document dated November 27 (first published by Netzpolitik) provides important insights into the current thinking of the Danish Presidency of the EU Council. It shows that member states largely agree on the need for a new framework on data retention, presenting an important overview of lawmakers main position on the matter.

The topic has been debated since April, when the EU Commission first unveiled "ProtectEU," a strategy aiming to create a roadmap for "lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement." The Commission then presented the Roadmap in June, which outlined an intent to decrypt citizens' private data by 2030.

Crucially, the document reveals that EU governments see metadata – specifically traffic and location history – as the most vital tool for law enforcement.

Most member states argue that simply knowing who owns an account isn't enough. Instead, they want a new legal baseline where companies are forced to log exactly when and where a user was online, as well as the IP addresses they used to connect.

The document notes that member states are aware of the legal hurdles of gathering this data and emphasize that any new system must include robust safeguards and strict proportionality to satisfy the courts.

However, privacy experts and technologists have long warned that such 'safeguards' are not enough, arguing that you cannot weaken encryption or retain this data without fundamentally compromising user security.

Besides virtual private network (VPN) companies, other online services targeted include messaging apps, hosting providers, file sharing services, cloud storage apps, and other over-the-top (OTT) services."

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-eu-prepares-ground-for-wider-data-retention-and-vpn-providers-are-among-the-targets

#EU #DataRetention #Privacy #VPNs #Metadata #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #ProtectEU

"EU governments are pushing to widen data retention obligations for apps that citizens use every day – and the best VPN apps are among those targeted.

A new internal document dated November 27 (first published by Netzpolitik) provides important insights into the current thinking of the Danish Presidency of the EU Council. It shows that member states largely agree on the need for a new framework on data retention, presenting an important overview of lawmakers main position on the matter.

The topic has been debated since April, when the EU Commission first unveiled "ProtectEU," a strategy aiming to create a roadmap for "lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement." The Commission then presented the Roadmap in June, which outlined an intent to decrypt citizens' private data by 2030.

Crucially, the document reveals that EU governments see metadata – specifically traffic and location history – as the most vital tool for law enforcement.

Most member states argue that simply knowing who owns an account isn't enough. Instead, they want a new legal baseline where companies are forced to log exactly when and where a user was online, as well as the IP addresses they used to connect.

The document notes that member states are aware of the legal hurdles of gathering this data and emphasize that any new system must include robust safeguards and strict proportionality to satisfy the courts.

However, privacy experts and technologists have long warned that such 'safeguards' are not enough, arguing that you cannot weaken encryption or retain this data without fundamentally compromising user security.

Besides virtual private network (VPN) companies, other online services targeted include messaging apps, hosting providers, file sharing services, cloud storage apps, and other over-the-top (OTT) services."

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-eu-prepares-ground-for-wider-data-retention-and-vpn-providers-are-among-the-targets

#EU #DataRetention #Privacy #VPNs #Metadata #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #ProtectEU

"EU governments are pushing to widen data retention obligations for apps that citizens use every day – and the best VPN apps are among those targeted.

A new internal document dated November 27 (first published by Netzpolitik) provides important insights into the current thinking of the Danish Presidency of the EU Council. It shows that member states largely agree on the need for a new framework on data retention, presenting an important overview of lawmakers main position on the matter.

The topic has been debated since April, when the EU Commission first unveiled "ProtectEU," a strategy aiming to create a roadmap for "lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement." The Commission then presented the Roadmap in June, which outlined an intent to decrypt citizens' private data by 2030.

Crucially, the document reveals that EU governments see metadata – specifically traffic and location history – as the most vital tool for law enforcement.

Most member states argue that simply knowing who owns an account isn't enough. Instead, they want a new legal baseline where companies are forced to log exactly when and where a user was online, as well as the IP addresses they used to connect.

The document notes that member states are aware of the legal hurdles of gathering this data and emphasize that any new system must include robust safeguards and strict proportionality to satisfy the courts.

However, privacy experts and technologists have long warned that such 'safeguards' are not enough, arguing that you cannot weaken encryption or retain this data without fundamentally compromising user security.

Besides virtual private network (VPN) companies, other online services targeted include messaging apps, hosting providers, file sharing services, cloud storage apps, and other over-the-top (OTT) services."

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-eu-prepares-ground-for-wider-data-retention-and-vpn-providers-are-among-the-targets

#EU #DataRetention #Privacy #VPNs #Metadata #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #ProtectEU

I believe Europeans need to worry more about Chat Control / ProtectEU.

It is absolutely dystopian & can not be allowed to be implemented!

After all, it can't be any good if the politicians want to be exempt from it ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPzvUW8qaWY

They also provide a nice summary here: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/mullvad-vpn-present-and-then

(I didn't know Ashton Kutcher was that in love with mass #surveillance 🕺)

⏯️ by @mullvadnet

#ChatControl #ProtectEU #Privacy #eu #europe #europeanunion #it #europa #tech #news #digital

@ewos1986 @EUCommission

And ditch #ProtectEU, which is the same nonsense. We're watching you.

Oh, and kick out all those big tech lobbyists please? They're up to no good.

Except backdoored hardware.

Or physical surveillance at the source.

Or the combination of a spying OS and a locked-down bootloader.

Expect that to be the next big battle.

#ProtectEU #Chatcontrol #Overreach #Privacy

2/2

Ich denke gerade viel darüber nach wie wir EU-Digitalpolitik zugänglicher für alle machen könnten, nicht nur um die Gesetze die es gerade gibt zu erklären. Sondern auch um Fragen zum Gesetzgebungsprozess zu beantworten. Gibt es da Interesse und welche Form würde euch da helfen?
#Chatkontrolle #ProtectEU #fightchatcontrol #GDPR

#FNF25 kicks off tonight! We are looking forward to reconvene as #FreedomNotFear community in Brussels again!

We are proud to welcome Christoph Schmon @tylium from @eff as keynote speaker tonight. He will speak on #ProtectEU, #GoingDark and Securitisation in EU politics.

Die Aufzeichnung meines Vortrags ist online. Licht an gegen die „Going Dark“ Überwachungsagenda:

https://media.ccc.de/v/ds25-594-licht-an-gegen-die-going-dark-uberwachungsagenda

Danke an alle, die an den Datenspuren mitgewirkt haben. Es war super!

Über das pretalx könnt ihr mir und der Orga auch Feedback zu dem Talk geben:
https://talks.datenspuren.de/ds25/talk/KEXLZG/feedback/
#Datenspuren #GoingDark #ProtectEU #Vorratsdatenspeicherung #Chatkontrolle

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

La proposta UE "Chat Control" esigerebbe la scansione di tutte le comunicazioni digitali private, inclusi messaggi crittografati e foto.
I criminali agirebbero sul dark web senza problemi, non caschiamoci e non prendiaomoci in giro ⚠️

#chatcontrol #protecteu #ue #privacy
@chatcontrol @signalapp @delta @matrix @privacyguides @privacypost @privacytools @sicurezza

@EDPS

Eh? Then the EU commission and council must adjust their policy accordingly and cancel those so-called "#ProtectEU" plans, which hinge* on nullifying fundamental rights in the name of total law enforcement.

* (can something hinge on something else despite being unhinged?)

@heiseonline

Erschreckend angesichts des Größenwahnsinns der Pläne, dass viele tatsächlich noch nicht davon gehört haben. Das fliegt immer noch weitgehend unter dem Radar.

Es lohnt sich weiter, über die Pläne und Gefahren zu sprechen. Auch, dass schon explizit gesagt wurde - es also nicht als Spinnerei abgetan werden kann - dass nicht bei der vorgeblichen Anwendung (die schon Bullshit ist, da es diese gottgleiche "KI" nicht gibt) bleiben soll ("#ProtectEU").

#Chatkontrolle

Falls ihr noch den letzten Stupser braucht um die Konsultation zur #Vorratsdatenspeicherung auszufüllen ist jetzt ein guter Moment: https://netzpolitik.org/2025/vorratsdatenspeicherung-sag-deine-meinung-zur-massenueberwachung/

Und wenn das noch nicht reich treffen wir uns morgen hier:
https://jitsi.hamburg.ccc.de/dataretention

Ausfüllen dauert nur 5 min und danach beantworte ich gerne noch Fragen zu #Chatkontrolle und #ProtectEU

Finde es geil, dass der Terminus #Vorratsdatenspeicherung tatsächlich so in der laufenden EU-#Konsultation (Ausfüllhilfe: https://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/804/79/lang,de/) so verwendet wird.

So, als würden sie die Chatkontrolle #Chatkontrolle nennen.

Bei der laufenden #VDS-Einführung ist übrigens auch die sogenannnte "Hochrangige Gruppe für den Zugang zu Daten" involviert, und es wird das monströse #Stasi-Projekt "#ProtectEU" einleitend genannt, das uns "sicher" machen soll.

@EUCommission

Then stop #ProtectEU (#GoingDark) and #ChatControl immediately.

Otherwise this is just a giant heap of hypocrisy.

Honetara ohitu zara:

"Errusia bide guztietatik saiatzen ari da errusiarren internet sarbidea kontrolatzen" edo "Txina bide guztietatik saiatzen ari da txinatarren internet sarbidea kontrolatzen".

Baina zer pentsatuko zenuke titularra hau balitz?

"Europa bide guztietatik saiatzen ari da europarren internet sarbidea kontrolatzen".

⚠️ Horixe dira, hain zuzen ere, #ChatControl eta #ProtectEU: zaintza masiborako atzeko ateak. Nahiz eta, egunkari batek ere ez dizun horrela esango.

📢 Zerbait pertsonalizatuagoa nahiago? Hona hemen euskal ordezkarien epostak:

✉️ Pernando Barrena (EH Bildu): [email protected]
✉️ Oihane Agirregoitia (EAJ): [email protected]
✉️ Idoia Mendia (PSE): [email protected]
✉️ Elena Santxo (PSN): [email protected]
✉️ Antonio Lopetz-Isturitz (PP): [email protected]
✉️ Javier Zarzalejos (PP): [email protected]

👁️ #ProtectEU #ChatControl

💬 Gobernuek gure mezu pribatuak eta argazkiak kontrolatu nahi dituzte. Kezkatuta?

👁️ #ProtectEU eta #ChatControl gure askatasun digitalen aurkako eraso zuzenak dira. Europako Parlamentuko gure ordezkariek jakin behar dute horren aurka gaudela.

📢 Adierazi zure kezka, eta eskatu guztion eskubide digitalak defenda ditzatela. Bidali zure mezua erraz eta eroso hemendik: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool

👁️ #ProtectEU eta #ChatControl erabat lotuta daude, EBk bultzatutako marko politiko berdinaren parte direlako: haurren aurkako sexu-abusuak "identifikatzeko", pribatutasuna eta komunikazio zifratuak arriskuan jarriko dituzten neurri politiko, tekniko eta legalak.

🔍 Duela aste batzuk #ProtectEU​ren kontra idatzi nuen @etzipm portu maritimoan: https://etzi.pm/europar-batasunak-zifratua-hautsi-nahi-du-segurtasunaren-aitzakiarekin/

✒️ Orain, nahi baduzu, sinatu eta argi utzi: Gure izenean EZ! https://crm.edri.org/stop-scanning-me

⁉️ Info gehiago: https://stopscanningme.eu/

@cryptohagen Tak til de mange deltagere, som kom til præsentationen om anti-kryptering initiativer fra EU tidligere i dag, og for den gode og konstruktive diskussion om emnet.

Her er links til slides fra dagens præsentation https://itpol.dk/sites/itpol.dk/files/Chat-Control-og-ProtectEU-Cryptohagen-jun25.pdf

#ChatControl #ProtectEU #GoingDark #E2EE

Dzisiaj 76 rocznica wydania 1984 Orwella. Chyba najsłynniejszym fragmentem powieści były slogany partyjne:

1. Wojna to pokój.
2. Wolność to niewola.
3. Ignorancja to siła.

Zainspirowany powyższym przygotowałem slogany dla Komisji Europejskiej :KEKW:

1. Cyfrowy nadzór dzięki #eidas2 to wolność.
2. Tylne furtki w szyfrowaniu dzięki #ProtectEU to bezpieczeństwo.
3. Kasowanie treści bez procesu sądowego dzieki #DigitalServicesAct to wartości europejskie.

#unia #eu #ue #orwell #wolnosc #internet

Ja taas mennään... Chat Control eli lakiesitys, joka kieltäisi vahvan salauksen kokonaan, koko EU:n alueella, on jälleen palannut.

Tällä kertaa sen nimeksi on vaihdettu ProtectEU, mutta tavoite on edelleen sama: antaa viranomaisille pääsy kaikkeen salattuun viestiliikenteeseen - eli käytännössä kieltää vahva salaus.

https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2025/04/14/chat-control-csam-palasi-nyt-protecteu

#yksityisyys #chatcontrol #csam #protecteu #salaus #uutiset #teknologia #tekniikka

Blogje: chatcontrole is weer terug; nu onder het motto van #ProtectEU
https://kletskous.com/2025/04/05/chatcontrole-is-weer-terug-nu-onder-het-motto-protect-eu/

#chatcontrol #chatcontrole #ProtectEU #encryptie #privacy #EUCommission

ProtectEU Is Here – But Can It Really Protect Europe from Rising Security Threats? https://thecyberexpress.com/protecteu-aims-to-secure-europe/ #EuropeanInternalSecurityStrategy #EuropeanDefenceWhitePaper #EuropeanDemocracyShield #TheCyberExpressNews #EUsecurityagencies #EuropeanCommission #ProtectEUStrategy #CybersecurityAct #TheCyberExpress #EUcitizens #CyberNews #ProtectEU

More powers to #Europol, #Eurojust, #Frontex; criminal law rules on organised #crime and #firearms trafficking; possible review of #EuropeanArrestWarrant, European Investigation Order #EIO; breaking #encryption...

Please @EUCommission let this be a late April Fools thing 😓

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_920

#ProtectEU #humanrights #surveillance #masssurveillance #security

government backdoors in cryptography be like

#privacy #surveillance #encryption #e2ee #KOSA #EARNITAct #OnlineSafetyBill #ChatControl #eIDAS #SaltTyphoon #ProtectEU