Subj : Tuta Mail ready to sue EU
To   : Mike Powell
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Sep 14 2025 22:22:00

 MP> We will not stand by while the EU destroys encryption  Tuta Mail ready to
 MP> sue the EU over Chat Control

 MP> Date:
 MP> Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:32:52 +0000

[...]

 MP> Nicknamed Chat Control , the proposal has attracted strong
 MP> criticisms among tech experts and politicians alike for
 MP> its provisions around encryption. The bill seeks, in fact,
 MP> to introduce new obligations for all messaging services
 MP> operating in Europe to scan users' chats, even when
 MP> they're encrypted, in the lookout for CSAM material.

[...]

Wow.. so, with a simple declaration, they can force a product  
that cannot necessarily decrypt a user's messages to be  
reengineered so that it does?  That's ridiculous.

At the very least, there are development costs involved to  
"break" E2EE, and the implementation. Is the EU going to be  
paying for those changes?


 MP>  Encryption is indeed the technology that the likes of
 MP>  Tuta Mail, Proton Mail , Signal, and WhatsApp (but also
 MP>  the best VPN services) use to keep our communications
 MP>  private. A protection that mandatory scanning and
 MP>  detection technologies are set to dangerously undermine,
 MP>  warn experts.

Federated/distributed systems such as Session, Simplex, and  
Briar, (and even PGP-mail where each end user has control of  
their keys) ought to be immune to the Chat Control proposal.

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