Announced chat control by the EU

[Andrew Gallagher]

On 04/10/2025 11:54, Martin wrote:
> 
> My question would be, what will actually happen to GnuPG if the EU's 
> announced and threatened chat control really comes into effect? What 
> impact will this have on encrypted emails? Will GnuPG still have a 
> future, and if so, how?

It would depend heavily on what the precise wording was, but based on 
the public discussion so far it seems to be targeted at service 
providers - so gnupg and similar encryption software would probably not 
be directly affected, but anyone offering a service using encryption 
software (such as Proton or Signal) probably would. Services like XMPP 
or DeltaChat, where the software developers and service operators are 
not the same people, would on the other hand have lots of fun parsing 
obscure legalese.

tl;dr: who knows, it's a shitshow. I am not a lawyer, etc.

A