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Re:GDPR meant nothing: chat control ends privacy for the EU ... by 4bpp on Sunday August 17, 2025 @02:55AM (#44929491)
Well, conversely, if you figure you have already lost anyway, why not try the technical solutions?

We've tried the political solutions for so long, but this thing just keeps coming back. We have to put our lives and day jobs on hold to push back against this, while the authoritarian camp's agenda is carried by people for whom advancing it is their day job. Therefore it costs them nothing to try over and over again, and they only need to succeed once.

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Re:GDPR meant nothing: chat control ends privacy for the EU ... by wolvesechoes on Sunday August 17, 2025 @03:41AM (#44929700)
> We've tried the political solutions for so long

I mean, we enjoy workers rights only after decades of violent protests and many deaths, and yet they are still constantly threatened, because its is a nature of power and politics.

But pro-privacy people consider writing a petition a peak of political struggle, and when it fails it is over for them.

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