Comment on European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge.

kokesh@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The EU is not a singular entity. It is possible for it to do good and evil simultaneously.

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• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Because people know about HTTPS.

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  • kokesh@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They want to be able to read all the communications. So whether you transport your data via https or not has nothing to do with this.

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    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      • Not all internet traffic is chats

      • If they have backdoor access to chats it doesn’t matter if you use their WiFi or not.

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      • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        To be fair (op seems tech illiterate but he might have a point) you could track MAC addresses. My phone randomise my MAC but maybe every phone doesn’t ?

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