In a surprise development on #ChatControl, the Danish government has sent out a press release that it will drop mandatory detection orders, and instead propose to make the current voluntary detection scheme permanent
Berlingske
Dansk forslag om digital børnebeskyttelse droppet efter tysk kritik
Dansk EU-formandskab kunne ikke skabe opbakning til forslag om at scanne beskeder for overgrebsmateriale.
 (in Danish) This is essentially the proposal of the Polish Presidency in the first half of 2025. A huge win for privacy and encryption!! #E2EE
One of the three parties in the Danish coalition government now openly opposes general and indiscriminate scanning of private communications and breaking encryption (#ChatControl). They want time to consider a new approach.
DR
Moderaterne tilslutter sig kritikere af dansk chatkontrol-forslag
Justitsministers kamp for større overvågning af krypterede chats møder nu modstand fra regeringskollega.
 The Danish Minister of Justice still has a mandate from 2023 to support the Commission's proposal. But with the public statement today, the majority in Parliament behind the mandate is gone. The opposition will likely demand a new committee vote.
At the JHA Council press conference (yesterday), the Danish Minister of Justice encourages journalists to "follow the money" on how the #ChatControl narrative has arised (from 6:40
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). Peter Hummelgaard is very careful not to make direct accusations. In Denmark, he is less careful and has said directly to DR that tech companies are behind the opposition to Chat Control
DR
Morgenpost fra Europa: Hummelgaard forsvarer, at Danmark arbejder for 'chatkontrol'. Men han vil hverken kalde det 'chatkontrol' eller 'overvågning'
Interview med Peter Hummelgaard (S) om forslag om at scanne beskeder for at lede efter overgrebsmateriale.
 Needless to say, without presenting any evidence for this absurd claim..
[dk] Lovforslag giver #PET adgang til at opbygge store databaser om HELE befolkningen fra alle (u)mulige kilder. PET kan samkøre og bruge disse databaser til data-mining overvågning af HELE befolkningen for at finde ukendte målpersoner (den automatiserede mistanke-maskine). Peter Hummelgaards "svar" på kritikken: lovforslaget giver ikke PET øget adgang til at overvåge ENKELTpersoner
DR
'Det er ikke øget overvågning', forsikrede minister - nu hagler kritikken ned over ham
Regeringen vil give efterretningstjeneste et super vidtgående værktøj, lyder advarslen.
 (et svar, der udover at være stærkt vildledende, også er faktuelt forkert). #dkpol
"Through legal requests, authorities will now be able to access the messages for their investigations."
Europol
International operation takes down another encrypted messaging service used by criminals – It is not the first time and will not be the last time that authorities are able to read criminals’ messages in real time | Europol
Black glove holding phone
 What Europol really means: all messages on the service have already been intercepted, without prior individualised suspicion, and analysed with Europol's AI data-mining tools, but please send an EIO/MLA request to make the investigation look legal..
While some analysts have compared #Cellebrite to the NSO Group, there is a distinction: NSO Group sells its wares to governments to spy clandestinely on journalists and other civilians while skirting legal protocol, while “Cellebrite works in the legitimate world of the police force, whose abilities are closely controlled,” Carmil [Cellebrite CEO] told Israeli media in 2020.
Israeli Digital Intelligence Firm Aims to Become Top U.S. Contractor
This week, The Palestine Laboratory Podcast drops its final episode for all subscribers, focusing on how technology used by Israel in its occupatio...
 I am so relieved.. NOT. Fortunately, this BS claim is debunked by @npub1qyrd...9jh4 in the article.
The #AgeVerification future: Meta's AI says you are below 13, and there is nothing you can do.. 'On Tuesday, I loaded Instagram and learned Meta had disabled my account. The alleged reason was that I was under 13, the minimum age for joining the site. It gave me 30 days to appeal [..] asking me to upload a copy of my state ID. I decided to trust Meta’s promise it would be “stored securely and deleted within 30 days.” But after review, Meta insisted I was still underage.'
The Verge
Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control
Meanwhile, Threads is filled with engagement bait posts.
The Commission presented a proposal yesterday for Digital Travel Credentials
European Commission - European Commission
Commission proposes an EU Digital Travel application for easier and safer travel
Today, the European Commission adopted two proposals to digitalise passports and identity cards, also called ‘EU Digital Travel application\
 With "digitalisation" the border check can be reduced from 30 to 8 seconds. BUT.. to save 22 seconds, people must - Install an eu-LISA app - Scan their passport (NFC) and do an annoying liveliness check - Send their passport data and #biometrics to a central server with all the privacy risks that entail - Manually enter additional travel route info Is that making our travel easier? (NO)