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A comment on U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banned End-to-End Encryption. Parent comment

Re:U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banne... by hackncheese on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @04:16PM (#37410693)
Wish I could upvote this harder lol. Parents really dont have enough time/energy to do this better than people who are trained in software/legislation. Especially if they have more than 2 kids/are single parents
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Re:U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banne... by scarface_74 on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @07:42PM (#37412908)
So you trust the competence and the ethics of the government?
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Re:U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banne... by hackncheese on Thursday September 07, 2023 @04:33PM (#37425166)
Id say i trust the competence of government in this arena more than that of parents on average. If someone is working on policy day in and day out for tech related things, they will have a better lay of the land than the average parent. However, you bring up a good point about ethics. A parent will definitely be far more acting in the best interest of their child compared to the government. An interesting quandry, good point
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Re:U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banne... by scarface_74 on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:37PM (#37426581)
The other test is what can the “other” party do with any power you give the government. I define “other” as the party with viewpoints you are opposed to.
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Re:U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banne... by SpaghettiCthulu on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @09:08PM (#37413524)
Sounds like we need a cultural shift away from governments involving themselves in parenting to governments ensuring parents have adequate time to parent.
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