“10% error rate is okay“ - Leaked EU Commission document regarding Chat Control, the law that requires the mass surveillance of messages and photos

TL;DR:

- Germany had asked the EU whether there should be a requirement for reporting hits (i.e. 99.9% hit probability). However, the commission "did not make such a numerical determination in order to ensure openness to technology and progress." Currently the software has a 90% hit probability (out of 1 million photos 100.000 are falsely reported).

- The commission "does not seek to break encryption," according to the report. But "encryption is not only important to protect private communication, but …

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