Announced chat control by the EU

[Marcio Barbado, Jr.]

Not sure whether the US is a pleasantly inviting jurisdiction at the moment.

On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users
<gnupg-users at gnupg.org> wrote:
>
> > My question would be, what will actually happen to GnuPG if the EU's
> > announced and threatened chat control really comes into effect? What
> > impact will this have on encrypted emails? Will GnuPG still have a
> > future, and if so, how?
>
> In the United States, source code is considered expressive speech and is
> protected by our First Amendment and has been for almost thirty years.
>
> This means that in the absolute worst case scenario, US-based hackers
> with long affiliations with GnuPG and who are trusted by the GnuPG
> community would take the source code and keep moving forward with the
> project, most likely with engineering guidance from the existing
> European GnuPG hackers.
>
> There are several other countries that are well-situated to be a home
> for GnuPG in a crisis. Breathe easy: GnuPG isn't going anywhere.
>
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