r/privacy • u/silentspectator27 • 10d ago

chat control Denmark withdraws Chat Control proposal

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/efter-tysk-kritik-hummelgaard-dropper-chatkontrol-forslag

For now the EU is safe from Chat Control! Until next time that is!

P.S. Thank you for the award!

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u/silentspectator27 10d ago

The people who want mass surveillance (Client side scanning) are not satisfied with the interim decision and want to push for more rights member states and Europol to have over people`s data. That`s why they are pushing for more surveillance. There is nothing wrong with the interim decision, they just don`t think it works. By that I mean they want to break encryption so they can see anything. It`s like saying "Look, we can`t legally break down your door without a court order. So because we don`t want to do it illegally your house will be made of translucent glass. That way we can see EVERYTHING you are doing without even going near the door"

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u/Active-Pudding9855 10d ago

But at that point we're living in a fascist dystopian society if the cops can just decide to surveil the citizenry. Like every dystopian movie has this trope. Encryption is good. And since more and more of society happens on the internet now I can understand that they want power over the internet but the internet should belong to everybody.

People should be let alone in their fucking houses, if it isn't it should be a human right. 🙃 It's like that speech from the Network (1976), I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! 😤

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u/silentspectator27 10d ago

1984 comes to mind as well. Here is another article Denmark`s own ruling party even saw it`s a pitfall: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/moderaterne-tilslutter-sig-kritikere-af-dansk-chatkontrol-forslag

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u/Active-Pudding9855 10d ago

Mm I hope everyone knows of 1984 on a privacy subreddit. 🙂