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

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨27⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  So that’s why they wanted out of the EU.

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• m33@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In what North Korean province is this ?

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• finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  By that logic, it’s also a hostile activity to close the bathroom door when I’m taking a fat shit. Privacy isn’t just for criminals.

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  • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The response to "what are you trying to hide" is always "WTF do you need to see so badly?"

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    • radamant@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That one is easily rebutted by “Well, we’re looking for pedos. Won’t you think of the children? I bet you’re one of the pedos, aren’t you?”. And it, sadly, works on people.

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  • eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It could be considered biochemical warfare

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    • finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure my bathroom qualifies as a brownfield site

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• detren@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Completely off-topic but that article has the wildest transition to a segment selling you stuff in the “best VPN list” part I’ve ever seen.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨30⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Why is ##aside.hawk-root in no blocklist yet?

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• brillotti@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m tired boss. This governmental fight against privacy all over the world is wearing down my willingness to be on the internet at all.

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  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Now is a great time to invest some time and effort into offline hobbies, whether they be on your computer or otherwise. Limiting or eliminating your time online these days is just a straight net gain for your mental health, especially if you can fill that gap with some other fulfilling activity.

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  • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I am already self-hosting Matrix for my friend group. I suppose where just gonna move more and more stuff onto there. Doesn’t fix the issue, but you don’t have to go quietly.

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    • pfr@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m self hosting my own xmpp server. Feels good.

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• pfr@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The UK is really battling to knock the US of the top of the fuckedest country list ain’t it

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  • D_C@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Our only saving grace is that we got rid of wildly dodgy boris johnson and then never voted him back in again. That’s it, that’s the best thing we’ve done in a looooong time.

    The dodgy bastard is/was just as corrupt as the obese orange paedo but had the mental capacity to hide it better.

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• Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This year has been absolutely relentless. Got to be the worst year for privacy by far, and tech in general. Especially in the UK and especially these last few months. I will never forgive Labour for this. I know a lot of the legislation like the online safety act was passed by the previous Tory government but they were supposed to be an improvement, not come in and start immediately enforcing it to a greater extent than the Tories.

  I don’t think there’s been a single week since the summer where I haven’t seen something that’s filled me with dread. I think it’s actually making me sick at this point

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  • darreninthenet@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This was very much the previous Labour government as well though - attempted ID cards, restricted what you could photograph or film, made it illegal to not disclose a password when asked by police and so and on

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  • Frozentea725@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah its been an affront on all sides. Privacy and freedom of expression is dying, unfortunately the majority of the population will only realise the levels of authoritarianism too late.

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    • Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      As long as they can still access TikTok and Instagram they probably won’t even care

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• theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why wouldn’t you want the government to know every time you breath? What are trying to hide? /s

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• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The UK has become a mockery of its own legal system. Even the current state in the U.S. respects common law more.

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  • ClownStatue@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s a bold statement!

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• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Make open protocols instead of apps!

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  • tatann@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You mean like Matrix ?

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    • pfr@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      XMPP FTW

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• Bahnd@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You know you can stand up your own Matrix-Synapse server as part of your home lab, its the “we have Telegram at home” answer.

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