European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal

Surprising third-act twist as Russian case means more freedom for all

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that laws requiring crippled encryption and extensive data retention violate the European Convention on Human Rights – a decision that may derail European data surveillance legislation known as Chat Control.…

act case chat control court data data retention data surveillance decision encryption european court of human rights freedom human human rights illegal laws legislation may retention rights russian surveillance third