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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: 0.444s | source
1. pastyboy ◴[18 Jun 24 11:52 UTC] No.40716682[source]▶
That will be the end of whatsapp then and any other mainstream secure messaging platforms. Probably will do eff all for the real bad actors, paedos and deviants.
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2. Cthulhu_ ◴[18 Jun 24 12:02 UTC] No.40716781[source]▶
I don't think it will be the end because the vast majority of users will be completely unaware and/or indifferent to this - just what the parties behind it want them to be.

But you're right about the real bad actors, they already don't trust these platforms anyway.

That said, "grooming" in the broadest sense of the word happens on channels like Whatsapp, Instagram, even Pinterest for some reason because it's not blocked as social media by popular wifi filters.

Ex: girl (14) our son was friends with "had sex" with someone who claimed to be 18, but he recorded the interaction and used it to blackmail her to do more / other stuff. I don't know the details but that kinda thing happened via Whatsapp.