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Re:One-man spam campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill by guerrilla on Thursday October 09, 2025 @05:12AM (#45525286)
> given that everyone who wants to trade it will obviously just use another layer of encryption.

Anyone remember OTR on Pidgin/gaim back in the day? That kind of system could work on any medium rendering this whole thing completely pointless.

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Re:One-man spam campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill by ExoticPearTree on Thursday October 09, 2025 @05:55AM (#45525565)
> Anyone remember OTR on Pidgin/gaim back in the day? That kind of system could work on any medium rendering this whole thing completely pointless.

Fun days those were.

Somehow I think in the eyes of the politicians the next step would be that you can only install government approved chat apps on your phones.

Desire for control knows no limits.

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