> This Regulation shall not prohibit, make impossible, weaken, circumvent or otherwise undermine cybersecurity measures, in particular encryption, including end-to-end encryption, implemented by the relevant information society services or by the users. This Regulation shall not create any obligation that would require a provider of hosting services or a provider of interpersonal communications services to decrypt data or create access to end-to-end encrypted data, or that would prevent providers from offering end-to-end encrypted services.
But it rectified itself.
The same thing happened when Internet arrived. "Don't believe anything you read on the Internet."
I guess the reaction was same when printed media arrived.
But the thing is, things get better over time.
Isn't the saying "Don't believe *everything* you read on the Internet."? Which is quite different (and still holds today).
How will you make sure this does not happen to the algorithms you chose?
> (...) His computer there, a featureless black cube. A shallower shelf of the juice-carton board supported a pale blue microwave, unopened ramen bowls, and half a dozen tiny steel cans of coffee.
> One of these, freshly microwaved, was hot in Chia's hand. The coffee was strong, sugary, thickly creamed. She sat beside him on the lumpy bed ledge, a padded jacket wadded up behind her for a cushion.
I mean, you can't (well shouldn't) microwave a steel can, right?