An Analysis of the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act

The text argues that technology is inherently agnostic and criticizes proposals to restrict tech sales based on potential rights abuses, likening such policies to overbroad bans like the UK’s “zombie knives” law. It warns that mandated surveillance backdoors (e.g., CALEA) inevitably create systemic risk and can be abused, referencing the Greek Olympics wiretapping case to illustrate how latent interception capabilities can be covertly enabled after deployment.