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Mullvad's campaign against EU chat control

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Re: Mullvad's campaign against EU chat control

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post #6

Translations: First ad: Kid: Haha!! Did you send the photo to mom, dad? Dad's phone: Your photo has triggered our criminal activities filter. Your online services have been suspended and the police has been alerted. Caption: Create safe spaces online for children instead of making the internet unsafe for everyone. ... Second ad: First worker: Weren't we just supposed to look for sexual crimes and terrorism? Second wo…

This is what Microsoft and Google are doing already. This is why I don't backup my photos to a cloud any more.

Re: Mullvad's campaign against EU chat control

#17
post #3

This seems like an appropriate campaign to reach people who probably don't think about this kind of stuff. I think there's more than enough HN articles that show the tech circle's opposition to these kinds of measures already. Energy is better spent explaining the issue to others and advocating for the right thing.

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Re: Mullvad's campaign against EU chat control

#19
post #4

To be honest I'm not very hopeful. The average Joe really is gullible - just drop some terrorism, children and nowadays some "preventing misinformation" bs (which of course has never and will never be twisted to fit government's needs at the time) to the mix and people will accept it. Nevertheless I support these campaigns since I'm more than happy to be proven wrong.

Are they gullible or pragmatic? I appreciate the concern here but at the end of the day these laws hardly affect the average Joe so why should he care? There is some wisdom in not worring about future hypotheticals until they actually happen.
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