Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by shantly on Saturday September 28, 2019 @01:58PM
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They can make it so if they spot you using it (for other than communication with approved banks and retailers and such, maybe), that's instantly something they can charge you with. Then go after a few people who're spotted using it on the Internet by traffic sniffing, meaning the only folks left using it are cranks and actual bad guys.
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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by Judgmentality on Saturday September 28, 2019 @02:15PM
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A total tangent, but the words chosen in this comment and how it relates to the logic behind the US War on Drugs are eery - down to "sniffing" out paraphernalia, "trafficking" illegal goods, end users are "cranks" and bad guys...
Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by imhoguy on Sunday September 29, 2019 @02:26AM
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This is why I am hesitant to use Tor, efforts to monitor it are probably several folds stronger than normal clearnet.
Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by SubiculumCode on Saturday September 28, 2019 @05:36PM
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I can encode hidden meaningd in poetry. If you outlaw poetry, our US experiment is over.
Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?
by shantly on Saturday September 28, 2019 @06:19PM
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That some may get around it isn’t the point. Most won’t risk charges to share recipes with aunt Edna or family photos with Grandpa. Some will keep using it and stay under the radar but any time someone’s caught using it, even if it wasn’t part of a crime, it’ll be added to the list of charges against them. It’ll be dead for common use, and risky and annoying to use for those who keep to it.