Vital private networks (VPN) are At the point of the look of the European Uniontogether with extreme encryption. But now, officially.
A report from the EU high -level working group, qualifies the VPN as «a key challenge» When chasing cybercriminals, and applying the law.
But, at the same time, the aforementioned EU report recognizes that the Encryption It is essential to avoid citizen espionage of foreign countries, as well as hacker or cybercriminal attacks. The problem is that there is no middle ground.
The impossible balance between security and privacy
The EU high -level working group was formed in 2023 with EU security and crime experts, with the aim of Look for ways to pursue crimes after the application of the point -to -point encryption In applications such as WhatsApp, email, etc.
In extreme at the end of extreme, the keys that are generated are private and are not stored anywhere, so not even the operators or companies that keep the data in the cloud can provide them with the authorities, even if they wanted to.
For secret services and police, the ideal is that encryption systems have A «back door» so that they can enter their will. The problem is that if that door exists, it can also be opened by spies from hostile countries, hackers or cybercriminals.
They have already caught the United Kingdom launching an ultimatum to Apple to open a back door in Icloud, or would be expelled from the country.
«It would mean total surveillance and that the inhabitants of Europe carry state spy programs in their pocket,» explains the CEO of the VPN Mullvad, in Techradar.
If the European Union cannot access the encrypted data, because that also goes against some privacy laws, wants to get at least metadata: The registration of who sends the message, where, and what day and time.
The problem is that encryption does not work that way. Or everything is hidden or nothing is hidden, half encryption does not exist. Andy Yen explains, the CEO of another famous VPN, Proton: «The encryption is mathematics: either they fit or do not fit. You cannot create a rear door that preserves the encryption, or part of it. It is simply not possible.»
This is The crossroads facing the governments around the world. On the one hand, encryption is vital to protect from foreign spies, hackers and thugs. On the other, that encryption allows malignant actors, to commit their wide. Who will prevail?
At the moment, The European Union qualifies the VPN as «a key challenge»to persecute criminals. Does that mean that you will prohibit them, or to limit? We will have to wait for the Council of Europe to analyze the report, and decide the actions to be taken.
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Tags: Laws, European Union, privacy, encryption