Privacy Advocates Warn EU of ‘Dangerous Backdoor’

[cryptohog]

Criticism of the EU’s Chat Control plan is mounting after a leaked 2024 report revealed exemptions for police, military, and intelligence staff.

Vitalik Buterin says the proposal “weakens individual security” and strips citizens of privacy once enjoyed in cash transactions or private talks.

QuillAudits co-founder Pratam Rao added: “Any surveillance system lawmakers won’t subject themselves to is automatically tyrannical.”
Yet 12 EU countries, including France and Spain, still back the regulation.

[Nahid10]

Exempting officials while monitoring citizens makes the Chat Control plan look deeply unfair.

[jacson4]

Buterin’s point about losing cash-like privacy highlights what’s really at stake here.