The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos

Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by RobotToaster on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @04:35PM (#47522836)

Exactly what happened when Ireland rejected the Lisbon treaty, they were told to vote again until they voted the "right" way.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by koolala on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @04:40PM (#47522915)

Like UI saying "Yes" | "Ask later"

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by askonomm on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @06:46PM (#47524309)

That's literally the entire Microslop Winblows set up screen flow. There's no "no", only "confirm".

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by paulddraper on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @05:46PM (#47523715)

Almost happened with Brexit referendum.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by Lio on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @04:54PM (#47523087)

Heads I win, tails you loose. :(

It takes only one win to remove our rights but once they’re gone you’ll never get them back.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by vb-8448 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @07:00PM (#47524424)

    while not pass:
        try to pass something stupid, malevolent or that hurts people and democracies

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by rogerthis on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @06:53PM (#47524365)

Yes. The anchor chain got broken sometime ago. It's still there, but nobody want it anymore.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by seanthemon on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @04:32PM (#47522798)

Modern democracy

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by tosti on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @04:52PM (#47523050)

Wait until you find out it's actually already implemented and they're trying to legitimise it.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by AnssiH on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @05:26PM (#47523498)

The proposal they are voting on is about continuing the current time-limited implementation (voluntary scanning, Regulation (EU) 2021/1232).

This is not about mandatory scanning.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by cess11 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @05:30PM (#47523544)

It was one of the things Ylva Johansson infamously said about it, Microsoft and Apple are already doing it so what's the big deal?

Makes me think about this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjhsLq3-ZWE

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by fidotron on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @04:38PM (#47522885)

Or, as is also seen elsewhere, wildly popular ideas simply get curiously stuck.

Either way those elected to supposedly serve are the only ones winning.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by Acrobatic_Road on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @04:36PM (#47522848)

They only have to win once. You have to win every time.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by Kenji on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @04:36PM (#47522846)

Of course. They literally spell their playbook out for you:

“We decide something, then put it out there and wait for a while to see what happens.

If there is then no great outcry and no uprisings, because most people do not even understand what has been decided, then we continue—step by step, until there is no turning back.”

— Jean-Claude Juncker

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by slopinthebag on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @08:34PM (#47525285)

There is a lot of people who will nod and agree with that statement, as long as the decisions are one's that they agree with.

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