The European Commission lost the Chat Control 2.0 battle over access to end-to-end encrypted data. By the summer 2026, they will be back with their next attempt: Going Dark. This time some EU member states want to include VPN services.
The Going Dark initiative, or ProtectEU as the Commission now calls it, wants to “enable law enforcement authorities to access encrypted data in a lawful manner”. This is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt.
One more: criminalize data brokers, make it hard to combine data from different sources, make it impossible for one single entity to have access to all your data and create a complete picture of your life.
One more: criminalize data brokers, make it hard to combine data from different sources, make it impossible for one single entity to have access to all your data and create a complete picture of your life.