Well, it took a while but my petition to keep strong encryption without backdoors legal in th EU is now open for supporters!
Please feel free to support it and or boost/promte it
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/petitions/en/petition/content/1222%252F2020/html/Keep%2BEncryption
@thewk I'm afraid I'm born just a little too late to get this reference 😅
@totoroot I think we are actually around the same age, judging from your profile picture...
But I might be the bigger nerd ;-)
@thewk is the pdf blank or is my viewer glitching?
@kekcoin Must be your viewer, I can view the pdf
@thewk "encryption is a necessary means of protecting [..] the digital security of governments" how do they not realize they are building a footcannon?
@kekcoin I'd say, since they are no experts in the field they listen to so called experts. Who probably conveniently left that part out...
@thewk Might be worth making that point more explicit to them...
@kekcoin that would be the idea, but first we need to make some noise so we will be heard
@thewk there's no encryption with backdoors, there's either encryption or not, no other way to look at it.
@arh my point exactly
@thewk I'm not European, can I still sign?
@arh Anyone can petition the European Parliament as far as i know. Worst case they won‘t count the vote
@thewk I don't live in the EU but I'll happily boost this so others who live there can voice their support.
@Mundon Thank you for that!
@thewk The signup procedure on that site is *horrible*! Ugh, still, managed to make it through and support it.
@Seferi @kev
It didn't state, but the vote in the parliament is in the past by now.
However supporting this might still move something.
There is a german MP called Patrick Breyer, with whom I've been in contact with, who is still fighting this.
If you want to support this cause, please take a look at his homepage
chatkontrolle.de
Combining forces does make sense here I guess
@thewk :( clicked on it then remembered that a criminal cartel of politicians and lobbyists swindled us out of the EU :(
@tig Part of my company is over on your island and the other over here. Trust me, not a big Boris fan either
@thewk A little taken aback by the signup process of the European parliaments website, it looks like I'm the first supporter 😉
Thanks for starting the petition! 👏