Ill-conceived data protection initiatives threaten the open Internet

In a new TIME Magazine op-ed, GPPi’s Isabel Skieka and the Open Technology Institute’s Tim Maurer and Robert Morgus argue that anti-surveillance strategies European nations have proposed in the wake of the Snowden revelations will not protect against spying. Some strategies also pose a risk to the open and interconnected internet. Based on a study about technological sovereignty, the authors argue that data privacy and security depends primarily on how data is stored and transmitted. Policymakers should therefore turn to more promising proposals, such as encryption.