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EU chat control law proposes scanning your messages — even encrypted ones (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No it will be. Having your own XMPP/IRC server doesn't prevent the NSA from spying on your metadata, and that's exactly what will happen. It's just that TOR and I2P will likely see an increase in traffic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Indeed. Protecting the metadata is already a completely different task from protecting the contents. But how would this law in particular change this aspect? It concerns message contents, surveillance of metadata stays the same (aka full). I was saying this about getting back access to encrypted messaging even with a low threat model.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

You're right about that, I commented without thinking. Thanks