We need #encryption backdoors to 'enforce' democracy says Europol chief. Says anonymity "not a fundamental right" I disagree. #Anonymity is part of the bedrock of protecting healthy dissent. Forcing total government access to private communications lays the technical groundwork for undermining democracy. But here we are. It's a new year, so cops & governments are taking fresh swings at encryption. Only the scare tactics change. Welcome to a new, cynical chapter in the fight to protect privacy. Demanding them... when the worst recent national security breaches in the US happened... when #China hacked government-mandated backdoors... is also absurd. There's every reason to believe something similar may have happened in #Europe , we just don't know it yet. Shortsighted and cynical stuff. Story:

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