nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/8939c7915eda51dc DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240229s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/8939c7915eda51dc doi eng 342 23 Tuchtfeld, Erik Author aut (orcid)0009-0000-6830-8800 (DE-588)1190605120 No Backdoor for Mass Surveillance - The European Court of Human Rights Protects the Right to Encrypted Communication Tuchtfeld, Erik Verfassungsblog 2024-02-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Bulk data retention is the evergreen of European security policy. On February 13, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) – once again – ruled in Podchasov on Russia’s collection of and access to citizens’ private communication. The Court made it clear that weakening the encryption of all citizens cannot be justified. This sends an important message not only to the Russian state, but also to other European governments that contemplate installing “backdoors” on encrypted messenger services like Telegram, Signal or WhatsApp. CC BY-SA 4.0 Backdoor EGMR Five Eyes Hacking Internet Privatsphäre Russland privacy surveillance (DE-588)4308416-3 gnd Internet Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/no-backdoor-for-mass-surveillance/ raw object