End-to-end encryption may be the bane of cops, but they can't close that Pandora's Box

An interview with Robin Wilton explores the ongoing policy debate over end-to-end encryption (E2EE), challenging law enforcement claims that E2EE hinders investigations and critiquing Europol’s evidence as weak. Wilton argues that E2EE is essential and ubiquitous in modern digital ecosystems, and suggests efforts to undermine it—such as the UK’s Online Safety Act—are impractical and unsupported by evidence of reduced crime-fighting effectiveness.