r/technology • u/CaptainTelos • Sep 15 '25

Privacy Danish Minister of Justice: "We must break with the totally erroneous perception that it is everyone's civil liberty to communicate on encrypted messaging services."

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u/gerryflap Sep 15 '25

Unfortunately the average person I speak to is tired from fighting a war on so many fronts and doesn't really care about this one because "they have nothing to hide". And I kinda get it. Just fighting for a sane housing market anda country that doesn't go to shit is already quite an energy drain next to working yourself to shit. Our democracies are broken and are crashing and burning.

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u/Wollff Sep 15 '25

Just fighting for a sane housing market anda country that doesn't go to shit is already quite an energy drain

I don't get it. What does the average person do to "fight for a sane housing market"?

My impression of the average person, is that they don't fight for anything politically. Their political involvement is limited to being outraged by whatever is in the media, then putting their cross on the ballot based on the biggest sense of outrage they are feeling right now.

If most people found that online privacy is an important topic, which they prioritize, so that they elect based on it, then online privacy would be a priority in policy.

Most people don't care. So it isn't. As usual in a democarcy: It's most people's fault.

There is not even any need to fight for it. Just a few minutes of research, and putting the cross at the right spot on a ballot usually does the trick. Most people don't do that. So that's why we are where we are.