From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 5/12/2022 0:38, Monty Solomon wrote:   
   > A European Commission proposal could force tech companies to scan   
   > private messages for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and evidence   
   > of grooming, even when those messages are supposed to be protected by   
   > end-to-end encryption.   
   >   
   > ***** Moderator's Note *****   
   >   
   > Whatever technical means the EU might /think/ are necessary, they   
   > would be, even if implemented, bypassed by the porn freaks with little   
   > trouble.   
   >   
   > Long story short, neither the EU nor any ISP can block traffic in   
   > pornography, no matter how hard they pretend to try.   
      
   All they managed to do by attempting to block pornography via Usenet   
   years ago was dismantling and drastically reducing the relevance of   
   Usenet in whole, saving many ISP's a buck in the mean time.   
      
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