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Re:EU: Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharin... by Hizonner on Monday June 03, 2024 @08:11AM (#40561897)
> I think it's very hard to deny that of course it will catch a non-zero number of people,

Sure, but it is still completely valid to argue that it won't quantitatively be effective enough to justify its cost, either in money or in creating-the-infrastructure-for-a-fucking-police-state. "Non-zero" isn't necessarily an acceptable level of effectiveness.

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Re:EU: Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharin... by arp242 on Monday June 03, 2024 @09:37AM (#40562509)
Yes, but that is a very different argument than "it doesn't work at all". Then we can start discussing what the balance ought to be and all of that, rather than just a "Njet! It won't work!"
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Re:EU: Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharin... by pzo on Monday June 03, 2024 @11:03AM (#40563305)
It will work maybe somehow the first time. Predators will adapt and start using obfuscation same like thiefts adapt - burgler expect that most doors will be locked and might have camera and will bring balaclava and crowbar to their 'workplace'
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