Austrian officials want to give police access to secure private messages with end-to-end encryption to help them fight crime. The government, through a new draft law, is seeking access to real-time conversation data in cases where a court has granted permission and which might be connected to terrorism or crimes that are punished by at least five years in prison. Police would be granted wider, remote access, though the law would not grant blanket access hardware. The Austrian justice minister said the country follows laws proposed in other European states, including Spain, Italy and France.