An investigation uncovers a web of influence in the powerful coalition aligned behind the European Commission’s proposal to scan for child sexual abuse material online, a proposal leading experts say puts rights at risk and will introduce new vulnerabilities by undermining encryption.
The problem is that the criminals won’t use something monitored by the police. They aren’t dumb
Depends on the criminal. Some are smart enough to use Signal, but many others buy special crypto phones (which then get hacked by law enforcement because law enforcement isn’t dumb either).
You won’t catch the smartest criminals, but you will catch up the dumb ones who can provide you with information about criminal networks.