The right to encryption: Securing private communications versus law enforcement.
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Law enforcement says encryption is blocking investigations: ransomware locks thousands, remote‑access trojans let attackers watch victims, and 75% of cyber investigations involved encryption; a recent joint operation found 60% of suspects' messages encrypted, and historic marketplaces generated 1.2 billion in illicit trade. Proposals favor targeted technical access (hacking endpoints, collecting data before encryption), harmonized compelled‑disclosure rules, judicial oversight and better forensic investment; civil‑liberties voices insist on strong end‑to‑end protection, warn against backdoors and against treating use of secure tools as evidence of guilt.
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- 0:00Start
- 0:12Sophie in 't Veld MEP (EU)
- 3:58Martijn Egberts Public Prosecutor on Cybercrime (NL)
- 21:41Katarzyna Szymielewicz Panoptykon Foundation (PL)
- 31:15Michiel Pestman Prakken d'Oliveira (NL)
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