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Chat Control: Incompatible with Fundamental Rights (2022)

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833 points Bluestein | 2 comments | 18 Jun 24 09:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.535s | source
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primitivesuave ◴[18 Jun 24 10:00 UTC] No.40715842[source]▶
Fear will always lead to an erosion of personal rights. Fear of child predators will lead to erosion of privacy rights, and fear of terrorists has deprived all Americans of the right to protection against unreasonable search/seizure. Welcome to modernity.
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dtx1 ◴[18 Jun 24 10:03 UTC] No.40715865[source]▶
I for one blame the NPC Population that can't think more than 5 Minutes ahead in terms of policy.
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sneak ◴[18 Jun 24 10:37 UTC] No.40716093[source]▶
The NPC population doesn’t know about this and doesn’t care. They haven’t heard of this and they don’t know what “e2ee” means. They have “nothing to hide”. They are your parents and grandparents, and your friends from work.

I blame people who do know and write internet comments instead of taking action.

How many of you have deleted your Instagram and Facebook accounts? How many of you are still reachable on WhatsApp and iMessage? How many people have you onboarded to Signal? How many people have you taught to sideload?

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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[18 Jun 24 10:47 UTC] No.40716171[source]▶
> blame people who do know and write internet comments instead of taking action

Amen. I’ve worked on privacy issues in the states. Never again. The overlap between people who care about privacy and those who are too lazy and/or nihilistic to engage with the civic process might as well be perfect.

If you care about this, call your elected. If you won’t, that’s the problem.

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2. cheeseomlit ◴[18 Jun 24 13:31 UTC] No.40717645[source]▶
They're nihilistic for a reason, I won't call my representative because its a waste of time. Privacy-minded Americans are a tiny subset of the population vs. the most powerful corporate entities and intelligence agencies in the world, there isn't anything we (or my representatives) can do or say that's going to make a meaningful difference. If the snowden leaks weren't enough to trigger a reckoning on this issue then nothing will. At this point civic engagement on privacy in the US basically amounts to political masturbation, it feels good but does nothing