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The decision to preserve people’s privacy and security is certainly a victory for the tech industry.

Encryptionrefers to scrambling data into an unreadable form to prevent third-party access.

View on National Assembly building in Paris, France, with French and European flags flying.

Not just France

France’s attempt to undermine encryption may have been halted once again.

Sweden is also considering passing a similar requirement for the likes of Signal, WhatsApp, and iMessage.

If successful, the new rules could come into force as early as March 2026.

Security padlock in circuit board, digital encryption concept

“Theside-client scanningis a clear example of that.

That’s just an encryption backdoor but with a fancy name.