{"id":1005833,"date":"2022-02-28T04:49:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T04:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/28\/eff-join-forces-with-human-rights-to-attack-encryption\/"},"modified":"2022-02-28T04:49:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T04:49:51","slug":"eff-join-forces-with-human-rights-to-attack-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/28\/eff-join-forces-with-human-rights-to-attack-encryption\/","title":{"rendered":"EFF join forces with human rights to attack encryption"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ddf13f732002461596899b5e6112fe4a\"\/>The economy freedom fighters EFF join forces to human right groups to fight and attack on excription and this was posted on Twitter, The House of Representatives should reject the anti-encryption #EarnItAct. More than 60 civil society and human rights group have said it would make the internet less safe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Encryption is under attack. In liberal democracies, elected leaders are giving lip service to our right to privacy\u2014while seeking to create a system where they can scan any data we send over the internet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/610022b3f586474db783e747e481992e\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the U.K. Home Office spent public money on a high-priced ad campaign that bad-mouthed encryption, portraying it as a tool used by criminals. In the U.S., a Senate committee is about to vote on the dangerous \u201cEARN IT\u201d Act, which could lead to widespread scanning of private messages and photos. In both countries, the excuse is the same: lawmakers say they need to get into our messages so they can prevent crimes against children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Can you walk over to DiFi\u2019s local office and explain why the #EarnItAct is yet another ill-conceived law on encryption, security, and privacy?<\/p>\n<p>Her email reply to me indicated that she is going to vote yes.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/87446e5eec7440babfd417113bcab6f6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The economy freedom fighters EFF and their leader, Julius Malema, have said that, the encryption threaten human right and development, and it also encourages criminality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anti-encryption policies threaten the fundamental human right to freedom of expression,\u201d the letter states. \u201cCompromising encryption would undermine investigative journalism that exposes corruption and criminality\u2026 even message scanning creates serious security and privacy risks for all society, while the assistance it can provide for law enforcement is at best problematic.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sources:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The House of Representatives should reject the anti-encryption <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EarnItAct?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EarnItAct<\/a>. More than 60 civil society and human rights group have said it would make the internet less safe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eHAkus7kcp\">https:\/\/t.co\/eHAkus7kcp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EFF (@EFF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EFF\/status\/1497992425339600896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>https:\/\/t.co\/eHAkus7kcp<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Oyems (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economy freedom fighters EFF join forces to human right groups to fight and attack on excription and this was posted on Twitter, The House of Representatives should reject the anti-encryption #EarnItAct. More than 60 civil society and human rights group have said it would make the internet less safe.\u00a0 Encryption is under attack. 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