For #GED2026, CDT released new polling reports on public attitudes toward encryption and government surveillance in France, Poland, Ireland, and Sweden.
cdt.orgCDT Celebrates Global Encryption Day!On October 21 the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and partners around the world celebrate Global Encryption Day. This yearโs theme is โImagine a World Without Encryption: Defending the Foundation of Digital Trust.โ
Today we published nationally representative polls of adults in six countries where encryption has been under threat and are releasing reports for each: Canada, UK, France, Poland, Ireland, and Sweden. The results are consistent and lopsided: Overwhelming majorities of respondents in each country believe they have the right to private conversations online and no one should be able to read their messages without a court order.