edri@eupolicy.social - 🚨Recent POLITICO Europe leak revealed that US and EU officials have agreed to cooperate on measures to turn public opinion against #encryption.

Experts' statements by EDRi and Global Encryption Coalition have called out against this plan:

➡️https://edri.org/our-work/eu-us-plan-offensive-to-legitimise-police-access-to-data-civil-society-responds-amid-growing-fears-press-release/
➡️https://www.globalencryption.org/2023/04/statement-on-eu-us-cooperation-against-encryption/

On the security of the Linux disk encryption LUKS
2023-05-03
In the past few days, there have been uncertainties and concerns about the #LUKS (“Linux Unified Key Setup”) disk #encryption, which is widely used on Linux. We publish our assessment of this here.

dys2p – https://dys2p.com/en/2023-05-luks-security.html

https://archive.is/KQxTH

https://archive.is/ELYH2

Leaked EU Document Shows #Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End #Encryption

https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/

Law Enforcement Working Party document, encryption
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23819681-law-enforcement-working-party-document-encryption

KryptEY - Secure E2EE communication


An Android keyboard for secure end-to-end-encrypted messages through the Signal protocol in any messenger. Communicate securely and independent, regardless of the legal situation or whether messengers use E2EE. No server needed.
https://github.com/amnesica/KryptEY

F-Droid
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.amnesica.kryptey/
IzzyOnDroid
https://android.izzysoft.de/repo/apk/com.amnesica.kryptey

Reminder : new apps available in F-Droid app may not emmediatly show on the F-Droid web site ( ie when you share the link app it returns a 404 error ) some extra time is needed for both to be available
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/wiki/-/wikis/FAQ#how-long-does-it-take-for-my-app-to-show-up-on-website-and-client

#encryption #keyboard #E2EE
#messenger #security #Signal

Criminalization of encryption : the 8 december case – La Quadrature du Net –

Mixing fantasies, bad faith and technical incompetence, a police story has been constructed around the (good) digital practices of the accused, with the aim of staging a “clandestine group”, “conspirative”, “conspiratist” and therefore… terrorist

We are facing the fantasy of a State demanding total transparency from everyone at the risk of being called a “suspect”, a State whose desire for widespread surveillance seems limitless. In this context, we reaffirm our rights to privacy, intimacy and the protection of our personal data. Encryption is, and will remain, an essential element of our civil liberties in the digital age.

#lqdn #France #encryption #surveillance

The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide  | Electronic Frontier Foundation –


The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, which will destroy end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted that would mitigate the bill’s most dangerous elements.

#OnlineSafetyBill #Backdoors #BigBrother #UK #encryption #e2ee

Online Safety Bill

The final day of report stage – a chance to closely scrutinise elements of the bill and make changes – took place on 19 July. 

What happens next?  

Third reading - a final chance to amend the bill – is scheduled for 6 September. 

On Tuesday 18 July, the House of Commons agreed a Carry-over Motion as follows: That the period on the expiry of which proceedings on the Online Safety Bill shall lapse in pursuance of paragraph (13) of Standing Order No. 80A, as extended by the Order of 13 March 2023 (Online Safety Bill: Carry-over Extension), shall be further extended by 103 days until 31 October 2023.

Online Safety Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament – https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3137/news

#OnlineSafetyBill #UK #BigBrother #surveillance #encryption #e2ee

Music & clip by Killing Joke - Full Spectrum Dominance - 2023

Changes to UK Surveillance Regime May Violate International Law | JusticeOrg -

Blocking End-to-End Encryption and Important Security Updates 

The United Kingdom (U.K.) government has recently unveiled plans to revise the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA),  the primary legislation governing the surveillance of electronic communications in the United Kingdom. The proposed revisions include five objectives pertaining to changes in the notices regime within the IPA, the process through which the government can ask private companies to carry out surveillance on its behalf, such as interception of communications and equipment interference (hacking).

The proposed changes to the IPA notices regimes include an obligation to comply with the content of a potential notice during the review period and before a notice is actually served, an obligation to disclose technical information about the company’s systems during the same review period, measures to strengthen the extraterritorial application of the notices and obligations for companies to give advance notice to the U.K. Secretary of State before implementing any technical changes. This article focuses on the latter two changes. It examines how the United Kingdom likely would be in breach of international human rights law

#UK #Censorship #IPA
#BigBrother #Surveillance #Backdoors #E2E #Encryption

Privacy Companies Push Back Against EU Plot To End Online Privacy

An urgent appeal has been relayed to ministers across the #EU by a consortium of tech companies, exacting a grave warning against backing a proposed regulation focusing on child sexual abuse as a pretense to jeopardize the security integrity of internet services relying on end-to-end encryption and end privacy for all citizens.

In a open letter a total of 18 organizations – predominantly comprising providers of encrypted email and messaging services – have voiced concerns about the potential experimental regulation by the European Commission (EC), singling out the “detrimental” effects on children’s #privacy and #security and the possible dire repercussions for #cybersecurity.

#BigBrother #EUChatControl
#ChatControl #Encryption

Europol Seeks to Break Mobile Roaming Encryption

EU’s law enforcement agency Europol is another major entity that is setting its sights on breaking encryption.
This time, it’s about home routing and mobile encryption, and the justification is a well-known one: encryption supposedly stands in the way of the ability of law enforcement to investigate.

Europol’s recent paper treats home routing not as a useful security feature, but, as “a serious challenge for lawful interception.” Home routing works by encrypting data from a phone through the home network while roaming.

Via @reclaimthenet
#Europol #BigBrother #Encryption #Router