{"id":45105,"date":"2023-12-08T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/magazine\/estat-espanyol-vol-espiar-teus-missatges\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T21:03:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T20:03:52","slug":"spanish-state-wants-spy-your-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/magazine\/spanish-state-wants-spy-your-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spanish state wants to spy on your messages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A document leaked in Wired magazine shows how Spain is taking a stand against end-to-end encryption on messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, putting the privacy of millions of citizens at risk.<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Spain is the European Union country with the most radical position against end-to-end encryption on messaging platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram. <\/span>This came to light in the <\/b>document<\/b><\/a> of the Council of the European Union leaked by <\/b>Wired<\/b><\/a>.<\/b> “In our view, the ideal would be to legislatively prevent EU-based service providers from implementing end-to-end encryption,” said the Spanish representatives in the text leaked to Wired.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Council of Europe document gathers the views of member states on the draft of a new law that would regulate encryption. One of the options to be discussed is the possibility of <\/span>weakening end-to-end message encryption on the premise that this would make it easier to fight terrorism, crime and the dissemination of child pornography<\/b>. “Abusive people hide behind end-to-end encryption,” said Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to this internal survey, some countries such as the Netherlands would be in favour of scanning conversations or mobile devices for child pornography but are <\/span>against significantly reducing the consumer protection provided by encryption<\/b>. Germany, Estonia and Finland are strongly against it, warning that it would be an unconstitutional law.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not the case for Spain which, according to Wired, leads the most extreme position, followed by Cyprus, Slovenia, Lithuania, Croatia and Hungary, <\/span>calling for a ban on end-to-end encryption, a scenario that is not even considered by the EU regulation<\/b> and would allow governments to spy on messages without accountability.<\/span><\/p>\n

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