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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/18581354

Privacy measures apparently helping criminals evade capture

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[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

... the only alternative left for law enforcement is to issue a European Investigation Order (EIO), but responses for these can take up to 120 days, which isn't ideal when you want to catch a drug dealer who's only in the country for a weekend. "A solution to the situation described above is urgently necessary."...

Off course they target encryption. Look I understand that it is a drag to actually fix the system.. but they should target the 120 day slog of following procedure.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's kinda the purpose, to make it harder for the government to violate your freedoms. Only go after bad guys that are "wait 120 days bad"

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Nah.. never attribute to malice what can easily be explained by incompetence.

And I sort of get where law enforcement is coming from. I just disagree with their solution.

Now they can just do it easy. If they have to go through another country they might even have to provide a reason that will hold up to scrutiny... Think of the consequences that might have!

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

So after they failed cripling chat encryption, they're gonna target... check note foreign SIM card?