IAB Statement on Encryption and Mandatory Client-side Scanning of Content

IAB Executive Administrative Manager <execd@iab.org> Fri, 15 December 2023 19:45 UTC

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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:45:21 -0800
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The Internet Architecture Board has posted a new IAB Statement on Encryption and Mandatory Client-side Scanning of Content.

Read the full text in the Datatracker: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/statement-iab-statement-on-encryption-and-mandatory-client-side-scanning-of-content/

Abstract: A secure, resilient, and interoperable Internet benefits the public interest and supports human rights to privacy and freedom of opinion and expression. This is endangered by technologies, such as recent proposals for client-side scanning, that mandate unrestricted access to private content and therefore undermine end-to-end encryption and bear the risk to become a widespread facilitator of surveillance and censorship.

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