I thought we were unique in this but frankly everywhere in the “western” world is talking about the same things. EU has chat control, Australia has similar efforts, USA aren’t pushing for privacy at all so it’s not a uniquely British problem.
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_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Wow, the UK sounds like an awful place.
Piatro@programming.dev 1 day ago
sleen@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
It first starts with the “children” or the “bad actors/terrorists” and ends with a straight up fascist police state.
jjlinux@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Agreed, but Australia and the UK are way ahead of the rest.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
Honestly everywhere sounds like an awful place at this point. Freedom is a thing of the past. A thing from a time whence literally everything we did wasn’t tracked, and in order to exist in society, you’re expected to submit to the tracking.
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
The world is a big place and disconnecting gives you a huge boost in privacy. It’s not all black-and-white.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 hours ago
Yes but you can’t always disconnect. For instance, my healthcare provider requires in order to access your account you:
- Get an ID card with Google or Apple Wallet, which I don’t have.
- Verify over text message, except they refuse my phone # bc it’s VoIP.
I will quite literally die without this so I had to get a new phone and a Google account.
obinice@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Hey, did you use a secure encrypted connection to make that treasonous remark? I’ve got 999 on speed dial, I’m on to you, you encryption terrorist!
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Damn right I did.
Egonallanon@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Ah its not so bad if you get so drunk your critical thinking skills go out the window.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Which you can do starting at like 15! So it all works out.