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Dutch government backs strong encryption, condemns backdoors

04 January 2016

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"The Netherlands government issued a strong statement on Monday against weakening encryption for the purposes of law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

The move comes as governments in the United Kingdom and China act to legally require companies to give them access to wide swaths of encrypted Internet traffic. U.S. lawmakers are also considering introducing similar legislation.

The Dutch executive cabinet endorsed “the importance of strong encryption for Internet security to support the protection of privacy for citizens, companies, the government, and the entire Dutch economy,”"

See the full article: Dutch government backs strong encryption, condemns backdoors (DailyDot, link)

And see: The court case that could sink safe harbor - How the fight over emails stored on Microsoft’s Irish servers could derail a vital transatlantic data transfer pact (politico.eu, link)

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