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If this law passes I will delete What's App. I don't fucking care how many contacts I will loose. Matrix it is then.
You know even without the law should consider deleting whatsapp and switched to signal or other private stuff
Yes, I try to avoid it, but its kinda ass, if you loose contact to literally everyone you know.
I already use Signal and matrix for certain groups and contacts.
I can understand I've gone trough that as well, but you know it's so much safer to use a more private messaging app, as example we suspect the Israeliens to use AI and WhatsApp to organize murders to suspected pro Palestinians people, based on their groups on whatsapp...
I would prefer Matrix or XMPP, they don't have the risks regarding centralization and are thus far harder to censor.
For sure these are better for a more private and can avoid censorship far more easily, you can use Session as well, but the of Signal is really good because of their solid proved encryption. Snowden and others recommend it. Maybe not the absolute best but far away from the worst
Signal is also great because it is easy to use, and works on all mobile platforms. It's probably the easiest secure chat app to get people onboard with using.
Major XMPP clients now have implemented OMEMO - from what I understand, it's very similar.
My issue with Signal, aside from centralization and phone numbers, is how it is annoying to use without a smartphone.
Doesn’t need phone numbers anymore
First - it does still require one for registration, just no longer requires it to be public. Second - this still has nothing to do with the fact that desktop doesn't allow registration and tells you to register from a smartphone instead.
As most child abuse happens in the homes by the parents or relatives, when can we expect 24/7 surveilance in our homes?
Oh wait its not about protecting children, is it?
They say that it's about to protect children but that ask a big question for our privacy
I'm worried too but I doubt countries who voted against it will just lie down and turn over. I'm sure local courts will fight this on the grounds of national privacy laws. And just because the EU wishes this to be a thing doesn't mean it's happening too. The technological groundwork needs to be developed for this and I can imagine that some service will drag their feet at implementing that. At least that's my unicorn utopia with rainbows I currently live in to bear this reality 🫠
The EU will already have projects in development as far as my experience goes.
What I do not know though but think applies: Such an act is legally binding for all member states. If they fight these things, they are allowed to propose at the EU court for adjustment in order to be aligned with the national law. This can postpone the national implementation for a few years.
But it can only be revoked by a new act of the EU council.
And they can simply ignore any new suggestion of the EU parliament if they like to.
Results of last voting, so you know who not to choose on Sunday:
At least it reinforced my preferred party...
Isn’t that the vote for chat control 1.0?
if I'm reading this correctly, it's from April 2024, which was after the previous version was rejected.
Isn’t it to vote to renew chat control 1.0?
No, it's from 2024
Yea, I mean the vote to renew chat control 1.0
In that case, I'm not sure
Well... fuck
In Poland it's not great either... But I'm positively surprised that 3 guys from PiS voted against it. That gives us 4 to 41. Not great, as I said before...
Maybe try getting an MEP for Greens/EFA or the Left?
80% for, as in "in favour of scanning", or am I misinterpreting something?
No, I think that's corrext because our conservative CDU/CSU party voted in favor and we all know how those ultra-conservative christians vote.
I'm relieved that the group I wanted to vote was against. I'm frightened that it was the only one against in France 😱
Which group in France is against? I consider making this issue a top priority for choosing who I vote for.
So here in the states, teens who are romantically active sometimes sext each other (sometimes even as an alternative to actual sex). But law enforcement is very fond of regarding it as CSAM, even to the point of convicting teenagers of distribution. Of all fifty states, only Maine has carved out a defense for teen couples utilizing their phone cameras in a way that is ragingly common among adults.
All fifty states have Romeo and Juliet laws so they recognize that teens sometimes have sex. But as it is, they're not allowed to sext. (also R+J laws often don't apply to same-sex couples).
So I'm all curious how the EU plans to tackle this revelation
So I'm all curious how the EU plans to tackle this revelation
They do not. At all.
So as per the rest of western cultures, they freak out and abuse teens when they engage in normal sexual activity? Do they imprison them the way they do here?
i put my real name, the eu would be surprised.