Let's talk about AI and end-to-end encryption

The most depressing realization in all of this is that the vast treasure trove of data that we used to have in the cloud thinking it was not scannable even for criminal activity has now become a vector where we shall have thought police coming down upon us for simple ideas of dissent.

A lot of people tried to sound the alarm. It's not "the cloud", it's "other people's computers". And given that other people own these machines, their interests - whether commercial or ideological - will always come first.

To be fair, most people understand that risk. It’s just it is very convenient in a lot of scenarios and some businesses might have not even started without it. Privacy is not that big of a concern for a big chunk of people. And they’re basically voting with their wallets.

Plus the machines they don't technically own--like Microsoft's attempts to force online accounts, bloatware, telemetry, etc.