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Each passing day we are moving closer to a dystopian state and nobody is doing anything.
[0] https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/
[1] https://edri.org/our-work/european-commission-must-uphold-pr...
[2] https://freiheitsrechte.org/en/themen/freiheit-im-digitalen-...
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If you are purist and you don't live in the real world with real evils. I don't want pedophiles to have privacy.
> I don't want pedophiles to have privacy. that is why police already have access to mechanisms to remove privacy from people suspected of being a pedophile.
You are agreeing with me :)
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> I don't want pedophiles to have privacy. that is why police already have access to mechanisms to remove privacy from people suspected of being a pedophile.
The existing mechanisms are inadequate or not fit for 2026. Hence this discussion. You are agreeing with me :)
i am absolutely not :)
you want to provide unfettered warrantless access to all of your communications. ive been fighting against that sort of thing for approaching 40 years now.
I don't understand the EU's position on privacy. On the one hand, they enacted GDPR to give you control over access to your personal data. On the other, they need access to all of your data.
I don't understand the EU's position on privacy. On the one hand, they enacted GDPR to give you control over access to your personal data. On the other, they need access to all of your data.
Not "access to ALL of your data". Also, as confusing as it might be, it is in the nature of EU (at least IMHO) to not have a clear position over multiple legislatures.
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The name "Chat Control" is great because it implies a lockdown on free speech and the exact consequences that are going to happen to everyone.
I think the name is meaningless to the average layman, therefore useless. Something like "(private) chat police" would probably transmit what this is about but is not as catchy.
The Chat Control 1.0 rule is simply that organisations like Meta are allowed to scan messages if they want to. In other words your Facebook messages are not private from Facebook. Surely we already knew and expected that. Chat Control 2.0 is the worrying one because it mandates scanning and bans E2EE. These two things should not have both been given the same branding.
Easier to push through if the only thing they're changing is "may" to "must".
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Car could also become judge and executioner. Swift justice is just one curve away
Drive you straight to prison
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/two-teens-learn-the-har...
I don't understand the EU's position on privacy. On the one hand, they enacted GDPR to give you control over access to your personal data. On the other, they need access to all of your data.
Personally, the politics of Europe is really not for me, but I can see why others might find it attractive. In the end, history will show us which path is adaptive.