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The agency wants to limit the use of PET technologies.
Europol, the European Union's leading anti-crime agency, is sounding the alarm about home routing technology and privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET). According to the agency, these technologies create serious obstacles to investigations.
"Home Routing" allows travelers to use the Internet through their home provider while abroad. If the provider uses a PET, such as encryption, this increases the security of users. However, Europol notes that these technologies significantly complicate the work of law enforcement agencies.
According to the report, when using a foreign SIM card with "home routing" and PET, interception and monitoring of communications becomes impossible. The problem occurs both in the case of foreign citizens using their SIM cards in another country and in the case of citizens using foreign SIM cards in their own country. When using service-level encryption, data encryption keys are transmitted between the service provider and the client within the user's home network. This means that the "guest network" that provides actual network access can no longer access these keys, and the data is no longer available for retrieval.
Europol notes that criminals appear to be well aware of the ability of home routing and PET to protect illegal communications from law enforcement surveillance.
In theory, cooperation between a service provider and a foreign (European) State could provide Europol with a way to intercept such traffic. However, the execution of national interception orders is useless, since they cannot operate in other countries. At the same time, it may take up to 120 days to receive a response under a European Investigative Warrant.
The agency offers several solutions to the problem, including legally forcing providers to disable PET in "home routing" services and creating a mechanism for rapid interstate exchange of information to intercept communications.
Experts note that the implementation of these proposals will require significant changes in legislation and international cooperation. The issue of balancing the security of citizens and their right to privacy remains the subject of active discussions.
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Europol, the European Union's leading anti-crime agency, is sounding the alarm about home routing technology and privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET). According to the agency, these technologies create serious obstacles to investigations.
"Home Routing" allows travelers to use the Internet through their home provider while abroad. If the provider uses a PET, such as encryption, this increases the security of users. However, Europol notes that these technologies significantly complicate the work of law enforcement agencies.
According to the report, when using a foreign SIM card with "home routing" and PET, interception and monitoring of communications becomes impossible. The problem occurs both in the case of foreign citizens using their SIM cards in another country and in the case of citizens using foreign SIM cards in their own country. When using service-level encryption, data encryption keys are transmitted between the service provider and the client within the user's home network. This means that the "guest network" that provides actual network access can no longer access these keys, and the data is no longer available for retrieval.
Europol notes that criminals appear to be well aware of the ability of home routing and PET to protect illegal communications from law enforcement surveillance.
In theory, cooperation between a service provider and a foreign (European) State could provide Europol with a way to intercept such traffic. However, the execution of national interception orders is useless, since they cannot operate in other countries. At the same time, it may take up to 120 days to receive a response under a European Investigative Warrant.
The agency offers several solutions to the problem, including legally forcing providers to disable PET in "home routing" services and creating a mechanism for rapid interstate exchange of information to intercept communications.
Experts note that the implementation of these proposals will require significant changes in legislation and international cooperation. The issue of balancing the security of citizens and their right to privacy remains the subject of active discussions.
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