European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protecting kids
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European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protecting kids
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Re: European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protecting kids
#2Nothing new. People in general prefer giving up their privacy for 'safety'.
Re: European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protecting kids
#3The four horsemen strike again. I think i 'll let this one pass. People should be inconvenienced enough to learn to use uncensorable platforms.
Re: European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protecting kids
#4Now that covid is waning, we're back to 'the kids' in order to allow governments absurd amounts of power over individuals. None of these excuses are put forth in order to further the argument, it's to create a trap for detractors and be able to label them as evil people, killing grandma, hating kids, supporting terror, etc etc.
Re: European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protecting kids
#5Related from yesterday:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31329368 (300 comments)
Re: European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protecting kids
#6Nothing new. People in general prefer giving up their privacy for 'safety'.
If that was the tradeoff, it would be worth it.
This is giving up their privacy for nothing in return, or worse, negative restrictions on their political freedom and freedom of expression.
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#7Now that covid is waning, we're back to 'the kids' in order to allow governments absurd amounts of power over individuals. None of these excuses are put forth in order to further the argument, it's to create a trap for detractors and be able to label them as evil people, killing grandma, hating kids, supporting terror, etc etc.
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Re: European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protecting kids
#8The four horsemen strike again. I think i 'll let this one pass. People should be inconvenienced enough to learn to use uncensorable platforms.
Yes, at this point of the internet, the fact that most people have decided to depend on big platforms and not develop properly all the distributed alternatives available for many years, it's hard to blame anybody except ourselves.
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#9> And it becomes obvious that child abuse websites stay up longer
Versus
> That is to enable the new agency to undermine end-to-end encryption by mandating client-side scanning
This article needs to be clear about what these agencies are after: E2E encrypted messaging apps, or 'websites'. Because a messaging app is not a 'website'.
Re: European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protecting kids
#10The four horsemen strike again. I think i 'll let this one pass. People should be inconvenienced enough to learn to use uncensorable platforms.
> The four horsemen strike again.
You mean this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp...