Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now • Hacker News Board

Almost nothing is. Local politicians fail upwards to the EU (at least in Germany) or some private job, if they fail at all. Most of the time, you can do what you want, and the voters don’t care.

Re: Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now

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Post by bun_terminator » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 9:32 AM UTC

mellosouls wrote: post #5

Already being discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40710993

this has more weight: threema is the biggest "alternative" (after whatsapp and telegram) chat app among my peers. There's a sizable non-tech but pro-privacy part of the population that exclusively uses threema. This will be the first time they ever hear of this.

Re: Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now

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Post by kqr » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 9:32 AM UTC

Semaphor wrote: post #6

darby_nine wrote: post #3

I find it somewhat disturbing that this sort of thing is not considered a career killer for politicians.

Almost nothing is. Local politicians fail upwards to the EU (at least in Germany) or some private job, if they fail at all. Most of the time, you can do what you want, and the voters don’t care.

And, on the flip side of the coin: once you are sufficiently disliked, almost anything can be taken as the trigger point for a scandal.

Re: Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now

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Post by fredoliveira » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 9:33 AM UTC

ziggy_star wrote: post #2

You can't even stop it here. Start here.

Define "here".

Re: Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now

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Post by bun_terminator » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 9:34 AM UTC

darby_nine wrote: post #3

I find it somewhat disturbing that this sort of thing is not considered a career killer for politicians.

It's their job and goal in life to hurt the population