"chat control" and VPNs inside EU

[ruler2016 1]

Hi all.

I'm interested, if this new law passes soon, which I'm pretty sure it will, because the people are not interested in these kind of things unfortunately, what does that mean for VPNs, specifically Air?
Will you start to be forced by the gov to give them backdoor access? If not, I presume you would be forced to shut down servers in most of the EU?
this is IMO complete craziness they are doing, and the people are asleep :-(.
Orwellian future here we come :-(.

[Staff 10297]

Hello!

VPNs are not in the scope of both the legislation and trivial tech considerations, as we don't have the keys for the communications: chat, instant messages and e-mails are encrypted end-to-end without our keys, but with the keys of the parties and/or the keys of the service offering e-mail / chat / messaging service, so we can't decrypt anything in any case. 

With that said, this abomination must be fought. We repute it is incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and with various CJEU decisions on data retention and privacy. We feel to share the position and the consideration offered by Tuta and EDRi here and here:
https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism
https://edri.org/our-work/most-criticised-eu-law-of-all-time/

Unfortunately, opposition has become more difficult because big AI actors see chat control as a great opportunity and they have spent tens of millions to lobby in favor of this abominable regulation. This is the main explanation that tells you why various politicians have changed their positions. 

Kind regards
 

[ruler2016 1]

thank you for your input dear staff.
I really hope people will wake up, but seeing similar laws being put into use across different countries inside EU, I'm very afraid :-(.