Arrested in France for using encryption

[Greg]

Criminalization of encryption : the 8 december case

This is in liberal democratic countries, France is as mainstream as it gets. Their trial is slated for October 23, but some are being held in detention.

Governments are worried about terrorists plotting via encrypted communications. Here is the global view:

The Coming War on End-To-End Encryption

Reporting Private Activities to the Government Recently, there has been a rise in regulations drafted out of concern for exploitation of children, that have advocated measures that can completely erode privacy on the internet. In 2018 the US Congress passed SESTA / FOSTA, which survived legal challenges by free speech advocates like EFF. This month, the UK again published a draft of the Online Safety Bill which “proposes measures to end anonymous browsing by requiring some online service provid…