Comment on Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Egonallanon@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ah its not so bad if you get so drunk your critical thinking skills go out the window.

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Which you can do starting at like 15! So it all works out.

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• Piatro@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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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  • sleen@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It first starts with the “children” or the “bad actors/terrorists” and ends with a straight up fascist police state.

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  • jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Agreed, but Australia and the UK are way ahead of the rest.

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• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The world is a big place and disconnecting gives you a huge boost in privacy. It’s not all black-and-white.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes but you can’t always disconnect. For instance, my healthcare provider requires in order to access your account you:

      1. Get an ID card with Google or Apple Wallet, which I don’t have.
      2. 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.

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      • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Seems like something that you should sue over, but that’s easier said than done for most folks. If you want to try and help maintain your privacy, use a virtual device or a “burner” that’s only used to access what’s necessary and for nothing else. Keep them off unless you actively need them and deny all unnecessary permissions. It’s not perfect but it’s less bad than giving them even more information to datamine for profit at your expense.

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• obinice@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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!

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  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Damn right I did.

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