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The EU could be scanning your private chats by October 2025 [Denmark has reintroduced chat control] (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Technology cannot solve purely political problems.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    But, it can prevent political problems hurting my privacy..
    And there is nothing they can do against it.

    If they force matrix to insert a backdoor, I just use a fork without it.

    If they force my Linux distributor to add a backdoor, I just use a fork without it.

    If they force a backdoor in iOS and Android, I use a fork of open source android or mainline linux for phones, without it.

    If they want to hang me because I do such things, I riot.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    These technical workarounds may work for a little while, and are useful to some extent.

    But they're not long term solutions for a government that regularly increase its surveillance powers at the expanse of privacy.

    China and Russia reached a level of surveillance and repression where people may get arrested for merely using Matrix/VPN/Tor, regarless of what it's used for.

    Political action is a better way to address bad politics before it reaches this point. This could include voting, activism, supporting privacy-friendly NGOs...

    Waiting until the last moment and then rioting isn't the best option.

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