In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: it rejected a dangerous proposal that would have gutted end-to-end encryption in the name of fighting drug trafficking. Despite heavy pressure from the...
  • 1984@lemmy.today
    5·
    17 hours ago

    Its good that they keep defending basic common sense, but the fascists will keep coming.

    At least the US has shown the world what happens to humans when a government goes fully fascist. Its very important wirh strong encryption to protect people.

  • cygnus@lemmy.ca
    16·
    1 day ago

    “France rejects backdoor mandate”? Someone enjoyed writing that headline.

    • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      Sometimes, you don’t realize the other read. My favourite example of this was when I was at my first paper, proofing, and hit upon “Man who killed for beer money wins case.” Needless to say, it didn’t end up running.