Chat Control 1.0 is back.
Parliament rejected it in March. It expired in April. The Council repackaged the same law as "new," fast-tracked it, and it passed today.
Suspicionless mass scanning of private messages is now legal until 2028.
Chat Control 2.0 is next. That one makes scanning mandatory and targets end-to-end encryption. It failed, but still being negotiated.
Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Snap already said they'll keep scanning regardless. Now it has legal cover again.
What minimizes your exposure:
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@GrapheneOS with no Google scanning pipeline on your device
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@signalapp &
@SimpleXChat are both end-to-end encrypted, called Chat Control dystopians
- Voidmob private eSIM: your SIM isn't tied to your identity
- VLESS/Xray proxy: encrypted traffic, no VPN blocks.
- Non-VoIP Dedicated numbers: to keep your personal number private
Legislation won't protect your privacy rights.