Paul De Hert and Rosamunde van Brakel published an opinion piece observing that massive data storage of Internet traffic seems inevitable in Europe, while more and more governments insist on decrypting encryption so they can see messages.
They argue that creating a key for police forces does not make society safer - quite the contrary - and violates the right to privacy. They attack the ‘guarantee’ or safeguards narrative of the law enforcement community: “building in enough guarantees should allow all investigative and surveillance powers the law enforcement community wants”.
Central argument against such a narrative comes from the European Court on Human Rights recent Podchasov judgement on encryption. In this area of encryption, the Podchasov judgment distances itself from that safeguards narrative. In principle, decrypting data violates the right to privacy, no matter how robust the safeguards are.
Moreover, the fact remains that you cannot possibly weaken encryption without making all security infrastructure insecure. Whether you attach safeguards to that or not.
Read more here https://www.tijd.be/opinie/algemeen/de-overheid-laten-meekijken-in-uw-s…