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qwertox ◴[] No.40716497[source]
I'm really convinced that this should be done in a two-phase rollout.

In the first phase, every civil servant must use (be affected by) the system, as well as politicians (including their families). Basically everyone who gets a salary or pension paid by normal citizens.

Also, every piece of software used by the government, or providers, which is related to this policy, must be open sourced, and attempts at finding security related issues or bugs in general by anyone must not be considered an illegal activity, but considered a helpful activity.

If they are ok with this for five years, and no unfixable problems or possibilities of misuse are found, then it can be applied to the rest of the population.

After all, one must assume that child predators are also among civil servants and politicians. It would enable the measurement of the success of this policy.

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1. kvgr ◴[] No.40716570[source]
Of course politicians will have exceptions and government made secure phones.
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2. pelasaco ◴[] No.40716634[source]
Like guns for civilians. Nobody should have one, except the Politician body guard.. I am not advocating for guns in Europe! it is just an example. We can use the example with private health insurance, private schools and so on.. it is more like to exemplify the "Do what I say, don't do what I do" kind of politics
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3. Cthulhu_ ◴[] No.40716696[source]
Except that civilians CAN have guns, they just need - just like police and military - a background check, training, certifications and permits. Police and military can't take their guns home, anyway. On paper.
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4. marvin ◴[] No.40716974{3}[source]
In most European countries, you are only ever allowed to be in possession of a gun in public if you are travelling to or from the shooting range.