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SimpleX Chat is the first chat platform that is 100% private by design – it has no user identifiers of any kind and no access to your connections graph – it's a more private design than any alternative we know of.

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What will happend to simpleX if the new laws happend to be voted in the EU ? :/ (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone.

I'm curious to understand what could happened to simpleX if the new "security" plan in EU gets voted?

Because I'm not versed enough with the political and legal wording in thoses papers I've got a hard time to actually understand.

Will simpleX be obligated to comply?
Will simpleX retire from EU?
Would It be illegal to use simpleX if the bill passes?
Could we still use simpleX with a proxy/VPN from a country outside of EU?
...

I'm genuinely concerned about what I'm reading here and there on lemmy... I hope someone could give me some interesting point of view.

Thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

This is an issue we at SimpleX Chat are paying close attention to, and it's difficult to predict what laws might be passed in the future. While we cannot provide legal advice on potential future requirements, we believe that providing end-to-end encryption is necessary for public safety, and that any limitations of privacy would both undermine public safety and also violate the European Convention of Human Rights, specifically Articles 8-10, and because of that this law might be unlikely to pass.

This won't stop anti-privacy lobbyists to try and mislead politicians about the efficacy of such measures in combatting crime, so the role of both the industry and the activists is to engage in an open dialogue, educate politicians about the capabilities and limitations of existing technology, and help figure out alternative solutions that would reduce child abuse online. E.g., we believe that both laws and technology should better support parents in supervising online activities of their young children, without undermining family privacy and end-to-end encryption. That would dramatically reduce the risks for children online.

Many politicians, organizations, developers, researchers, and companies are actively opposing these legislative ideas. If you're interested in supporting this effort, consider signing this open letter highlighting the dangers of compromising encryption.

We also encourage you to share this post about how protecting children's safety requires end-to-end encryption.

Thank you for being alert about this issue!