Two amendments to Article 7 of the EUs Charter of Fundamental Rights proposed last week. Amendment 116, a brand new provision, is where things get interesting. Service providers must ensure:that the confidentiality and safety of the transmission are also guaranteed by the nature of the means of transmission used or by state-of-the-art end-to-end encryption of the electronic communications data. The UK government doesnt have the time to batter down the front door and wants companies to offer it some back door short cuts.”]