Encrypted Message Decision of the European Court of Human Rights

most of us WhatsApp Thanks to the end-to-end encryption we hear about, our messages and different contents can go from one place to another without being monitored. In this communication system, our message is encrypted within the protocol and before third parties such as internet service provider, network administrator, service provider see the message content, it is sent to the recipient only when it reaches the recipient. decryption. This ensures secure and confidential communication.

But government officials and security forces from different countries End-to-end protection is not valid was demanding. The reason for this was stated to facilitate the investigation of practices such as smuggling and terrorism. Of course, this means that end-to-end protection is weakened at some point. But things have taken a solid step away from reaching this point.

Because the European Court of Human Rights rejected it on the grounds that human rights would be violated.

Russian government in 2019 and Telegram This decision is shown as a result of the tension between the two. In that case, Podchasov v. There was the Russia case, and Russia asked Telegram for a way to bypass end-to-end protection. But Telegramrefused, saying there was no way to do this except by weakening security that would put all users at risk.

More than Russia European countries We will also see how the decision that is expected to affect the decision will be responded to in these countries. Of course, let us remind you that the European Court of Human Rights is not an institution of the European Union.

On the European Union sideChat ControlWith the decision named ” (Chat Control), the importance of end-to-end protection was constantly emphasized. But we should not confuse them with Council of Europe, seems to be trying every way to get around this decision. Of course, the latest decision of the Human Rights Court will make it harder than ever.

Do you think security forces should have access to end-to-end encrypted messages? If your answer is yes, should we lower our end-to-end protection shield even a little bit, which would endanger the privacy of all users?