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End-to-end encryption is a human right

A quick summary of an important judgment from Europe

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Mahdi Assan
Feb 23, 2024
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On 13 February 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) handed down its judgment in a case concerning end-to-end encryption (E2EE). In short, it held that data acquisition orders requiring the decryption of communications protected by E2EE are unlawful.

The facts of the case are as follows:

  • In July 2017, the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia'…

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