With the European Parliament’s resistance weakening and the powerful European People's Party group shifting in favour of tougher controls, this surprise win for message-scanning could clear the way for an even more far‑reaching “Chat Control 2.0” that targets encrypted apps next.
Even if Chat Control 1.0 is less bad than CC 2.0, it is still bad. We all know people who barely know how to install an app from the Play Store. Don’t these people deserve privacy too? They will totally be scanned.
Privacy really shouldn’t be a privilege only for individuals, who know how to bypass this stuff.