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French interior minister wants global effort against encryption

12 August 2016

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"Messaging encryption, widely used by Islamist extremists to plan attacks, needs to be fought at international level, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Thursday, and he wants Germany to help him promote a global initiative.

He meets his German counterpart, Thomas de Maiziere, on Aug. 23 in Paris and they will discuss a European initiative with a view to launching an international action plan, Cazeneuve said."

See: France says fight against messaging encryption needs worldwide initiative (Reuters, link)

How things change - from January 2016: Encryption backdoors by law? France says 'non' (ZDNet, link)

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