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		sfdlkj3jk342a 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament Part of me wants Chat Control to get passed so that there is more incentive for at least the tech literate to start using more decentralized messaging tools.
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Cider9986 2 days ago [–]

They won't.

But afaik Chat Control 1.0 was/is in effect but expired. It's not relevant to Signal or Whatsapp because they're e2ee, it's relevant for eBay, Linkedin, perhaps SMS.

biglost 1 day ago | [–]

I might be wrong, but i read it as the application reads the message before any encrytion actually happens

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