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[โ€“] ivorybean28@feddit.uk 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

" built-in backdoors,"

Good luck getting that into a lot of the open source tech we now use.

[โ€“] arc@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only the headline asserts "built-in backdoors", the actual link... not so much.

A reasonable reading of the proposal, assuming it came into effect, is that ISPs, banks, telcos etc would be asked to retain certain records for a number of months or years in a harmonised way. Law enforcement agencies would be required to ask for it in the exact same way they ask for records right now and all the rules concerning GDPR etc would still apply.

Open source tech has zero to do with it, it's a matter of policy.

[โ€“] gedhrel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The only wrinkle there is "voluntary compliance," which might be construed as warrantless access.

[โ€“] iii@mander.xyz 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Simple: the open source tech is now illegal unless they can afford a full time legal team.

It's regulatory capture: the big firms get consulted by the EU and can design the laws to the detriment of competition. It's why now, for example, european cars are so expensive and restricted to a handfull of producers.

Alphabet and friends welcome regulation like this.