The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos

Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by foweltschmerz on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @04:51PM (#47523039)

This is the same EU that blocks and hinders innovation in the name of privacy?

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by askonomm on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @06:48PM (#47524331)

You are aware that EU is not a single country, right? I know American education is third-world levels these days, so unfortunately I have to ask this.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by u8080 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @07:45PM (#47524877)

4 Member States Opposing

23 Member States Supporting

0 Member States Undecided

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by layer8 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @05:28PM (#47523519)

The EU isn’t a single mind. There are a multitude of factions trying to get through all kinds of things.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by JodieBenitez on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @05:09PM (#47523303)

"for sure"

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by flexagoon on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @09:36PM (#47525721)

Which law are you talking about? Genuine question, because I know about EU laws that are "in the name of privacy" and about those that (arguably) "hinder innovation", but I don't know which one fits both

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by foweltschmerz on Thursday March 26, 2026 @07:24AM (#47529161)

At time of writing, I was thinking of GDPR.

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by cbg0 on Thursday March 26, 2026 @03:00AM (#47527400)

When you say "hinders innovation" do you mean "doesn't maximize shareholder value" ?

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Re:The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos by autuni on Thursday March 26, 2026 @04:59AM (#47528110)

regulation doesn't hinder innovation as long as it is equally enforced on everyone competing in the regulated market. it does hinder powerful and rich individuals from making more profit at the cost of the rights of the average population

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