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Re:Mistral Large 4 by zelphirkalt on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @03:47PM (#49983123)
There are forces pushing for chat control again and again and again, until one day people are not vigilant enough to prevent this BS from happening. Then it will take ages to repeal and repair the damage done. Once there is some chance to vacuum up some personal data, businesses, government, and security forces will be very quick to grab that chance, and very slow to give that data up again, should it turn out, that the whole damn thing was illegal all along, due to some constitution. The malpractices might continue for years even after things have been declared illegal.
Re:Mistral Large 4 by hsuduebc2 on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @06:57PM (#49985355)
Yea, they only need one successful attempt. I'm still quite not sure about the motivation, the fact that politicians have an exempt from this law is scandalous at least.
Re:Mistral Large 4 by kolinko on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @05:55AM (#49990499)
Yeah. Fortunately Germany has a quite firm stance against surveilance, for well known reasons ;), and with Germany against it will be extremely difficult to pass this.
Re:Mistral Large 4 by hsuduebc2 on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @12:46PM (#49995341)
Now I'm hooked. What's behind the smirk?
Re:Mistral Large 4 by zelphirkalt on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @03:09PM (#49997413)
I think they are hinting at German history and GeStaPo and StaSi.
Re:Mistral Large 4 by zelphirkalt on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @03:08PM (#49997405)
Not so sure about that. We have enough politicians here, who don't know shit about technology, or want to seem like they don't and will gladly hold the hand open to be bought by forces, who would like nothing more than get their hands on all that data.