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The European Commission lost the Chat Control 2.0 battle over access to end-to-end encrypted data. By the summer 2026, they will be back with their next attempt: Going Dark. This time some EU member states want to include VPN services.

The Going Dark initiative, or ProtectEU as the Commission now calls it, wants to “enable law enforcement authorities to access encrypted data in a lawful manner”. This is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt.

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The EU Commission and several member states are also looking for new rules on data retention. In a new ”Presidency outcome paper”, the member states discuss metadata retention: which websites you visit, and who is communicating with whom, when and how often. The ambition is “to have the broadest possible scope of application” and this time some member states also want the proposal to include VPN services.

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Mullvad has spent the last three years opposing Chat Control 2.0 – even though the law would have affected our business positively.

We will continue to fight Going Dark with full force, regardless of whether VPNs are included or not. If VPNs are included, and if Going Dark becomes law, we will never spy on our customers no matter what.

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They will never stop either. The yearning to control ”for safety” is a built-in bug of the authoritarian mind.

The other side of the desire to rule is the yearning to submit.

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This is actually so sad, why is the EU focusing on spying on its own citizens instead of fighting against outside threats like Russia, China, and the US?
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@hexanol The state, by definition, fears one thing above all else: its own citizens.
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do these people not have hobbies. cant they go learn woodworking or something. why are they so sad.
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Keep the good job up @Mullvad VPN so far you did not deceived me.
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