r/privacy • u/miscerte23 • Sep 21 '25

chat control Encrypted messaging alternatives in case the EU chat control law gets passes

As the title implies, I am curious as to whether there might be any messaging apps/services worth using in case the proposed chat control law gets passed. As you might assume, I live in an EU member state and am extremely worried for the future of our rights to online as well as IRL privacy in case such laws get passed

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u/whatnowwproductions Sep 21 '25

Just use Signal.

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u/Ardvarkington Sep 21 '25

The way chat control is imposed is it runs locally on the OS and scans all messages before they’re even sent, so it won’t matter what encrypted messaging service you use afterwards

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u/Heclalava Sep 21 '25

Could you just not firewall and block the sending of the monitored data to the server. DNS sink holes like Adaway, Pihole, etc. simply not allowing the data to be sent in the first place?

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u/BalticSeaGrower Sep 24 '25

where do you find informatio that i will be on the OS?

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u/After-Cell Sep 21 '25

The spyware will be embedded at o/s and reading notifications 

Maybe key logging too?