Re:India bans Element – the flagship client for the Matrix n...
by throw101010 on Friday May 05, 2023 @07:40AM
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Has it ever been demonstrated that these bans actually hinder terrorists or criminals?
It does feel like they would just move to the next app/protocol or even roll their own or use VPNs... so why are governments still penalizing 99.9% of the population which use these only to communicate normally (and use privacy protocols because they don't like the idea of being surveilled)?
Are governments trying to funnel non-criminal people towards apps they can surveil completely to be able to control them even more? To what end?
It does feel like they would just move to the next app/protocol or even roll their own or use VPNs... so why are governments still penalizing 99.9% of the population which use these only to communicate normally (and use privacy protocols because they don't like the idea of being surveilled)?
Are governments trying to funnel non-criminal people towards apps they can surveil completely to be able to control them even more? To what end?