{"id":543,"date":"2025-10-10T23:03:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familie-kleinman.nl\/brain\/?p=543"},"modified":"2025-10-10T23:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:05:23","slug":"mass-surveillance-in-the-name-of-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familie-kleinman.nl\/brain\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/mass-surveillance-in-the-name-of-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Surveillance in the Name of Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cost of confusing data volume with intelligence<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Once again, the EU is trying to push a bill that would allow scanning private communications for illegal content \u2014 all in the name of fighting terrorism and, of course, the golden ticket: child abuse.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, child abuse is absolutely horrific. But this bill is not<\/em> the solution.<\/p>\n

Luckily, the bill was removed from the EU\u2019s agenda \u2014 but this axe is still hanging over all of us.<\/p>\n

Not the solution<\/h2>\n

This bill simply doesn\u2019t work \u2014 and it will backfire in ways few people seem to understand. I already wrote about this before, in this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just imagine the EU wanting to scan all<\/em> of our private traffic. Let\u2019s put that into perspective \u2014 every message, every attachment, every emoji being scanned.<\/p>\n

Here are some numbers to frame that idea:<\/p>\n