They made it optional, but they added a lot of things so that everyone would end up adopting it, mainly with fines.

Which way, Western Man? At which point are the actions of the bureaucrats who would seek to tyranize us all met with a decisive collective NO?

It is your duty as a citizen of the world to not comply with terrible laws. Breaking encryption just because some politician thinks that Orwell's books should be a guide for building a society is weak. There is no way for them to enforce this because there's no way for them to ban this. Encryption has and will always exist, and privacy is the most essential right; without privacy you cannot live.

Very well put. I feel fortunate there are tools to get arround.

Just installed it, belter!!!

Make no mistake, it won’t start or stop at the European Union. This is going to be implemented everywhere.