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I hate the fact there is no source, so i did some digging: Everything is in Danish but i will give the translations in English. He made the statement after a press conference on the 21th of august 2024 to TV2. The quote appears to be correct, but misses '' which are used to facilitate many different serious forms of crime'', at the end. Source: https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2024-08-21-for-faa-dage-siden-efterlyste-anonyme-profiler-lejesvende-til-danmark-nu-overvejer-minister-stort-indgreb. The reason this statement is doing the rounds now is unclear to me, but it is indeed still relevant given what is going on irt the EU's ''chat control''. that the Danes are pushing for. How on earth he came to the conclusion that private communication, a right that is established in every EU member-states own law/constitution, as well as a whole list of treaties, is somehow a mistaken perception is beyond me. The minister has been asked to clarify this statement in parliament: ''Will the minister elaborate on the minister’s statement to TV2 on 21 August 2024, where the minister says: “We need to break with the totally erroneous perception that it is every man’s freedom to communicate on encrypted messaging services (...)”? '' Source: https://www.ft.dk/samling/20231/almdel/REU/spm/1425/index.htm His answer: We know that social media and encrypted services are unfortunately widely used to facilitate many forms of crime. There are examples of how criminal gangs use encrypted platforms to recruit very young people to commit serious crimes, including those that pose a danger to people. This is an expression of cynicism that is almost incomprehensible. We therefore need to look at how we can tackle this problem. Both in terms of what the services themselves do, but also what we as authorities can do. It must not be the case that criminals can hide behind encrypted services that the authorities cannot access. Therefore, the government will also strengthen the police's capabilities in the area of decryption, naturally with the appropriate legal safeguards, as is currently the case. In addition, the Ministry of Justice's Criminal Justice Committee has just launched a commission to look at the challenges that technological developments pose to police investigations, including the use of encrypted messaging services. I also note that steps have been taken at EU level to strengthen regulation of, among other things, digital information services and social media platforms. For example, the European Commission has presented a proposal for a new regulation on rules to prevent and combat sexual abuse of children. The proposed regulation contains rules on the obligations of certain online services to minimize the risk of their services being misused for the sexual abuse of children online, and, where necessary, the services may be required to detect, report, remove, and block access to material depicting the sexual abuse of children. The government is highly focused on combating digital violations – not least when it comes to the sexual abuse of children – and, unlike the opposition, supports the proposed regulation. Source: https://www.ft.dk/samling/20231/almdel/reu/spm/1425/svar/2073770/2913130.pdf

First link got botched, remove the . at the end or click here: https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2024-08-21-for-faa-dage-siden-efterlyste-anonyme-profiler-lejesvende-til-danmark-nu-overvejer-minister-stort-indgreb

This is so fucking insidious. Same with gun laws. If you ban encrypted apps, criminals will just build their own damn apps, its all fuckin' open source shit. Fuck the EU.