For now, the EU’s Chat Control legislation has been halted by German opposition. What is this new law? And why is it so dangerous?Punching Upwards, Episode 6 for 19 October 2025Topic: Privacy / Crypto WarsSources* Why chat control is so dangerous, Netzpolitik.org, 2021 * Chat Control: The EU Wants to Break Encryption & Germany Is The Deciding Factor, Tuta, 24 September 2025* RFC 4949: Internet Security Glossary, Version 2, Robert Shirey, IETF Network Working Group, 2007* Doomed to Repeat History? - Lessons from the Crypto Wars of the 1990s, Danielle Kehl, Andi Wilson, Kevin Bankston, 2015* Bugs in Our Pockets: The Risks of Client-Side Scanning, Abelson, Anderson, Bellovin et al., 2021* Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Laying Down Rules to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse, The European Commission, 2022The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules! Get full access to Punching Upwards at punchingupwards.substack.com/subscribe