KaarinGaming

Game Developer
Developing in Java
Maker of: The Last Viking

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

The European Commission lost the Chat Control 2.0 battle over access to end-to-end encrypted data. By the summer 2026, they will be back with their next attempt: Going Dark. This time some EU member states want to include VPN services.

The Going Dark initiative, or ProtectEU as the Commission now calls it, wants to “enable law enforcement authorities to access encrypted data in a lawful manner”. This is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt.

The EU Commission and several member states are also looking for new rules on data retention. In a new ”Presidency outcome paper”, the member states discuss metadata retention: which websites you visit, and who is communicating with whom, when and how often. The ambition is “to have the broadest possible scope of application” and this time some member states also want the proposal to include VPN services.

Mullvad has spent the last three years opposing Chat Control 2.0 – even though the law would have affected our business positively.

We will continue to fight Going Dark with full force, regardless of whether VPNs are included or not. If VPNs are included, and if Going Dark becomes law, we will never spy on our customers no matter what.

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

Today, the trilogue negotiations start. Stop Chat Control.

[Tuta @TutaPrivacy]

Huge Victory: #ChatControl no longer forces us to break #encryption. 🎉

🚨But: It now wants #AgeVerification.

The Trilogue starts today 🗓️

You've helped us stop #backdoors: https://t.co/JLei3q3UVK

Now, help us stop #AgeVerification! 👇️

https://t.co/65KubD00Ad

#Fight4Privacy

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

Chat Control trilogue negotiations to start 9 December – the EU Commission continues to spread misinformation about the Chat Control proposal.

Today, EU Commissioner Magnus Brunner visited the European Parliament and announced that the trilogue negotiations on Chat Control will begin next week, on 9 December, with the ambition of being completed before April 2026.

During the questions from the MEPs, it was obvious that Magnus Brunner is following in the exact footsteps of former Commissioner Ylva Johansson. He stated that he is not satisfied with the Council’s compromise proposal; in his view, the scanning does not go far enough.

During the questions from the MEPs, Brunner continued to spread the Commission’s Chat Control misinformation.

Markéta Gregorová, from the Czech Pirate Party, compared the Commission’s proposal to the police opening all envelopes in the physical world and asked Brunner a direct question: “Since both the Parliament and the Council have decided to question your approach (no mandatory scanning), will you play an honest broker in the negotiations in the upcoming trilogues or will you be pushing for more scanning?”

Magnus Brunner:
“I think our scanning suggestion was quite … we were suggesting a targeted scanning. I don’t quite understand … is that really what you are saying, that you want to compare protecting our children to privacy of opening up envelopes?”

Markéta Gregorová: “That’s what’s in your proposal.”

Magnus Brunner:
“First of all, we must protect our children from this harm, to be honest, there are criminals, I think we have to do everything to protect them, I don’t quite understand why you sort of always balance … in this case I’m really clear, our first of all priority is to protect our children from this abuse. We don’t have to agree on everything. Me as a father … it’s incredible, what’s happening in this world. It’s not about Chat Control, it’s a complete misunderstanding, no it’s not about Chat Control it’s about protecting our children and it’s about fighting against pedophiles, that’s what it’s about. That’s my approach, it’s not about open envelopes or Chat Control.”

Magnus Brunner follows the Commission’s tradition of just answering “what about the children” on every question, and continues to spread the misinformation that Chat Control is targeted scanning.

Birgit Sippel, from the Social Democratic Party of Germany, also asked for figures never mentioned in the discussion:
“There’s one figure I didn’t hear, and that’s just how many children have been saved from these situations of abuse, because of digital investigations, how many have been protected from these cases of abuse? I haven’t found any figures on that."

Magnus Brunner: “On identified victims, I don’t have any specific figures.”

Since Chat Control has been up for discussion for almost four years now, it would be remarkable if Magnus Brunner did not understand what his own commission is proposing. Therefore, the only plausible explanation is that he is consciously following in Ylva Johansson’s footsteps, striving to mislead the EU population. It seems certain that he, in the event of a “failed” Chat Control negotiation, will continue working toward mandatory mass surveillance through the ProtectEU initiative. We remind once again of the corrupt origins of Chat Control and what truly lies behind the legislative proposal: https://t.co/bJzNgmZunh

The European Commission will not be an honest party when they lead the negotiations next week. We can only hope that the Parliament stands firm. Javier Zarzalejos, who is the chairman of LIBE (Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) in the Parliament, was straightforward on the Parliament’s position: ”The proposition from the Commission was very problematic in some areas. All political groups finally supported report of the Parliament and we will to the trilogues with such strong mandate of the Parliament.”

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️ A very important announcement from the GrapheneOS devs:

GrapheneOS is being heavily targeted by the French state because we provide highly secure devices and won't include backdoors for law enforcement access. They're conflating us with companies selling closed source products using portions of our code.

Both French state media and corporate media are publishing many stories attacking the GrapheneOS project based on false and unsubstantiated claims from French law enforcement. They've made a clear threat to seize our servers and arrest our developers if we do not cooperate by adding backdoors.

Due to this, we're leaving France and leaving French service providers including OVH. We need substantial help from the community to push back against this across platforms.

People malicious towards us are also using it as an opportunity to spread libel/harassment content targeting our team, raid our chat rooms and much more. /e/ and iodéOS are both based in France, and are both actively attacking GrapheneOS including spreading false narratives about it not being for regular people which helped to support the false narratives being propagated by French law enforcement. /e/ receives substantial government funding.

Both are extremely non-private and insecure which is why France is targeting us while those get government funding.

We need a lot more help than usual and we're sending our the first ever notification to everyone on the server because this is a particularly bad situation. If people help us, it will enable us to focus more on development again including releasing experimental Pixel 10 releases very soon.

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

BREAKING:

🇪🇺 EU to monitor private chats

The EU reportedly plans to pass the controversial "Chat Control" legislation without discussion behind closed doors - MEP Martin Sonneborn reports on X

[@levelsio @levelsio]

Just a month later and...

🇪🇺 ChatControl is back!

Now they're trying to pass an even more far reaching ChatControl law through the back door, in a form even more intrusive than the originally rejected plan, without needing any of the EU countries votes

The new proposal:
- total mandatory surveillance of ALL text chats, emails and social media in the EU
- obligatory registration of your ID/passport to your chat, email or social media account
- minimum age requirement for chat, email and social media apps of 16 (!)

The only way to stop this law is if EU countries veto it

Read more here by @echo_pbreyer:

https://t.co/Yg2iXX9uWs

[Saki - Nachtraaf @Pithecia]

@svnee This is #ChatControl

[Sven Clement @svnee]

🚨 Update on #ChatControl: Luxembourg stands firm against mass surveillance of private messages! But this digital zombie refuses to die. Here's what you need to know 🧵

[KaarinGaming @KaarinGaming]

New video is out!
Adding items to our game! :D https://t.co/WaWYnJLCaQ
Cheers!

[KaarinGaming @KaarinGaming]

Hey guys and gals!
Hope you are doing well :D
Got a new video for you - -> Enemy HealthBars. https://t.co/NswWBx8Xzl

[KaarinGaming @KaarinGaming]

https://t.co/epFd1btdiA
New video out! How to add a character selection in the platformer game!
Cheers! :D
#gamedev #java #2d

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

The Belgian version of chat control is nothing but mass surveillance. It’s what the Going Dark initiative call “setting the right narrative”. But the consequences are the same. It’s client-side scanning (state spyware in your phone) of European citizens’ private communication.

[Operatören Bahnhof @BahnhofAB]

Varning för Chat control - igen! Folket och EU-parlamentet sa nej så sent som i nov men det hindrar inte övervakningsivrarna och Mielke-lajvarna. Nytt parlament – nytt försök! Även den här gången ska vi stoppa det. Kontakta din EU-parlamentariker! https://t.co/yLh8Jq2LD1

[Piratpartiet @piratpartiet]

Av allt att döma röstar Sverige för Chat Control – en komplett utradering av din rätt till fri kommunikation, integritet och privatliv.

Hyckleriet från de partier som påstått sig var emot förslaget i valrörelse, men som nu svängt, är skamligt och ovärdigt.

Vi glömmer inte.

[KaarinGaming @KaarinGaming]

This is scary for real.

Our "leaders", more like authoritarians in the EU wants to read your private chats, see all your images, who you talk to, what you talk about.
They will see EVERYTHING you do!

This is happening NOW!!!

THERE WILL BE NO PRIVACY ANYMORE!!!

#chatcontrol

[KaarinGaming @KaarinGaming]

Hey GameDevs!
Long time since the last update. I got a side project taking up a lot of time. There will be a video from it once its finished. However, it will take some time.
In the meantime, I just finished episode 31.
Cheers!
https://t.co/9DsBwWOiKf

[KaarinGaming @KaarinGaming]

Hey Everyone!
Got a new video for today.
Our enemies needed a quick tune up. They will be slightly smarter than a worm.
I hope you will enjoy!
Have a great day!
https://t.co/NKRrSSoQZV
#gamedevelopment #Java #androiddev

[KaarinGaming @KaarinGaming]

Hey All!
Been a while since last episode. Irl takes time man....
Anyhow, here is the next episode in the tutorial. We will make our skeleton detect the player, and then attack!
Hope you enjoy.
Cheers!
https://t.co/PtLR3d38T4

[KaarinGaming @KaarinGaming]

Hello GameDevs!
Finally, I finished the 28th episode.
We will add deeper effect of our painters algorithm and also, add some collisions with our objects and buildings.
I hope you enjoy!
Cheers!
https://t.co/qUvB9pu8fc
#code #java #gamedev