{"id":50853,"date":"2026-01-28T15:28:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=50853"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:28:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:28:59","slug":"irish-communications-interception-and-lawful-access-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/28\/irish-communications-interception-and-lawful-access-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connor Jones<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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The Irish government is planning to bolster its police’s ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and provide a legal basis for spyware use.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The Bill will bring communications from IoT devices, email services, and electronic messaging platforms into scope, “whether encrypted or not.”<\/p>\n

In a similar way to how certain other governments<\/a> want to compel encrypted messaging services to unscramble packets of interest, Ireland’s announcement also failed to explain exactly how it plans to do this.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The government said<\/a> it will follow the EU Commission’s (EC) roadmap<\/a> for law enforcement data interception, including a section on encryption issues, which it published last year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n