Re:ProtonMail blocked by Vodafone Turkey
by golergka on Friday March 16, 2018 @09:55AM
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> the people, who value privacy of themselves and of the others
The problem is that privacy is not the only thing we care about, and the balance between different needs is a complicated political problem - which is exactly the kind of "soft", people problem which complexity a typical software engineer would underestimate.
Turkey is becoming more and more authoritatian, indeed. However, they're also sharing a border with ISIS and there's a lot of terror activities in the region. Fighting such threats always leads to increasing influence of the military and secret services, and their new capabilities will be used both to fight terror and suppress citizens.
These things are a double-edged sword; any simplistic view on this is inadequate, regardless of whether it's positive or negative.
The problem is that privacy is not the only thing we care about, and the balance between different needs is a complicated political problem - which is exactly the kind of "soft", people problem which complexity a typical software engineer would underestimate.
Turkey is becoming more and more authoritatian, indeed. However, they're also sharing a border with ISIS and there's a lot of terror activities in the region. Fighting such threats always leads to increasing influence of the military and secret services, and their new capabilities will be used both to fight terror and suppress citizens.
These things are a double-edged sword; any simplistic view on this is inadequate, regardless of whether it's positive or negative.