@melaviola
Head of Legal at Relai 💙 | LNP/BP and privacy advocate 🧡 | *freedom demands bravery*
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Chat control will eventually pass because it’s NOT about child protection. It’s about institutional expansion masquerading as security policy. Europol stands to triple his staff and massively expand his power. An entire EU Centre will be created with ongoing funding.
Once these institutions are built, once the infrastructure exists and the budget is allocated, scaling back becomes politically impossible. We’ve seen this pattern before. The Patriot Act. And the question will be: “what else can we do with it?”
This is how mission creep works: build the infrastructure for one purpose, then discover - conveniently - that it can serve many others. Today’s is CSAM. Tomorrow it’s “extremist” content monitoring.
This is securitocracy in action.
Once these institutions are built, once the infrastructure exists and the budget is allocated, scaling back becomes politically impossible. We’ve seen this pattern before. The Patriot Act. And the question will be: “what else can we do with it?”
This is how mission creep works: build the infrastructure for one purpose, then discover - conveniently - that it can serve many others. Today’s is CSAM. Tomorrow it’s “extremist” content monitoring.
This is securitocracy in action.
A heartbreaking injustice.
Keonne Rodriguez has been sentenced to 5 years in prison and fined $250,000 for creating Samourai Wallet.
The judge called privacy “anti-social,” ignoring the real threats faced by ordinary people.
Those with courage pay for the indifference of those who refuse to see how brutal this war will be.
Keonne Rodriguez has been sentenced to 5 years in prison and fined $250,000 for creating Samourai Wallet.
The judge called privacy “anti-social,” ignoring the real threats faced by ordinary people.
Those with courage pay for the indifference of those who refuse to see how brutal this war will be.
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Julius Caesar figured this out in 50 BC with a stick and some scratches. We are working on quantum computers and we’re still explaining why backdoors don’t discriminate between good and bad guys.
Have a great Global Encryption Day! 🙃
This is not a policy debate. It’s collective amnesia.
October 21, 2025
Have a great Global Encryption Day! 🙃
This is not a policy debate. It’s collective amnesia.
October 21, 2025
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Yes, Signal uses AWS. Yes, that’s ironic. But end-2-end encryption still protects your content. The real vulnerability? Metadata, especially for targeted by state surveillance (journalists and activists in hostile environments).
That’s why proposal like Chat Control are so dangerous: they target the only thing that actually works when infrastructure can’t be trusted.
That’s why proposal like Chat Control are so dangerous: they target the only thing that actually works when infrastructure can’t be trusted.
THE PLAYBOOK IS CLEAR:
1Introduce legislation as "child protection"
2Ignore technical experts who say it's dangerous and unworkable
3Use emotional arguments to bypass rational debate
4Vote during cris...
Encryption isn't a luxury. It's the last line of defense between your private life and total surveillance. Once it's gone, we won't get it back.
Europe can still choose differently.
But the window is closing.
Europe can still choose differently.
But the window is closing.
🇺🇸 EARN IT ACT strips legal protection from encrypted platforms and forces messages scanning. Repeatedly reintroduced despite massive opposition.
THE PLAYBOOK IS CLEAR:
1Introduce legislation as "child protection"
2Ignore technical experts who say it's dangerous and unworkable
3Use emotional arguments to bypass rational debate
4Vote during crisis moments or procedural windows
5 Implement gradually to avoid mass backlash
1Introduce legislation as "child protection"
2Ignore technical experts who say it's dangerous and unworkable
3Use emotional arguments to bypass rational debate
4Vote during crisis moments or procedural windows
5 Implement gradually to avoid mass backlash
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🇦🇺 TOLA (2018): The world's first law forcing companies to build decryption capabilities. One analysis estimated adverse economic impact of AU$1 billion due to lost trust in Australian tech.
🇺🇸 EARN IT ACT strips legal protection from encrypted platforms and forces messages scanning. Repeatedly reintroduced despite massive opposition.
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🇪🇺 Chat Control (2025): Still under debate, this proposal would mandate client-side scanning of ALL private communications before encryption, essentially installing government surveillance on ev...
🇦🇺 TOLA (2018): The world's first law forcing companies to build decryption capabilities. One analysis estimated adverse economic impact of AU$1 billion due to lost trust in Australian tech.
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