A person armed with an angle grinder stands in front of a yellow mailbox. The crowd looks on in anticipation as the tool hits metal with a loud screech. The police are also present, but do not intervene. After a short time the mailbox gives way. The metal is broken and with it the protection of the letters from prying eyes. Anne Herpertz (Pirates) takes out one letter after the other and reads aloud from them: trade secrets of a start-up, name and address of a whistleblower and other confidential information. An angle grinder cuts a chain that closes a mailbox.
Attack on digital correspondence secrecy - screenshot from video from cven CC-BY 4.0 The brute force of this action is emblematic of what the EU Commission is planning with its surveillance law on chat control: breaking the digital secrecy Cayman Islands Phone Number List of correspondence for everyone, regardless of losses . At this moment, a few meters away, the Interior Ministers' Conference (IMK) is meeting with a special guest: the EU Interior Commissioner Ylva Johansson, who is responsible for chat control and is promoting her unprecedented surveillance plans there. Picture Several people protest against the chat control.
Picture:cvenCC BY 4.0 Chat control The aim of chat control is to use our devices against us. The EU Commission is planning a massive attack on our smartphones. We defend ourselves against this total attack on our fundamental rights. become a member Support the good cause: freedom , fundamental rights and democracy . Participate actively Many people volunteer with us in their free time, join us too! Request newsletter Stay up to date on our work and our topics. On this occasion, we organized the protest action as the “STOP chat control!” alliance . We have invited representatives of various parties and of course the press to make it clear to the public: We oppose chat control. We demand : The EU Commission must withdraw its surveillance plans .