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submitted 1 year ago by thejml@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org

A bill requiring social media companies, encrypted communications providers and other online services to report drug activity on their platforms to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) advanced to the Senate floor Thursday, alarming privacy advocates who say the legislation turns the companies into de facto drug enforcement agents and exposes many of them to liability for providing end-to-end encryption.

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[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago

This doesn't target E2EE - that's the whole point of E2EE. It does target everyone else, though.

[-] redlightdistrict@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

It does though, by holding them accountable if they "on purpose" blind themselves. Which is E2EE

[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

So you can only trust a) open source or b) safe countries. Which is basically already the situation.

[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

So you can only trust a) open source or b) safe countries. Which is basically already the situation.

[-] redlightdistrict@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It does though, by holding them accountable if they "on purpose" blind themselves. Which is E2EE

[-] blaine@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Except there are specific exclusions in the bill to address this. Hell, the three paragraphs before the one mentioning "deliberately blinding" are all dedicated to explaining why it doesn't apply to end-to-end encryption.

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