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.

"Voting with their wallets", where all the choices are picked by entities hostile to consumer privacy and autonomy, and then they mislead you about those choices.

People who bought LG (and now most other, now "smart") TVs did not in any meaningful way "vote" to be spied on and support DRM - simply all the TVs in a store would spy and show ads, and not disclose any of it at time of sale.