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Comment by ori_b

2 days ago

No, it's a good time to start lobbying for positive privacy legislation.

Absolutely true that we need sensible legislation not based in diffuse fears that endagers data security everywhere.

That said, I think doing both is sensible. Always good to have a fallback and feasibility of such surveillance attempts is part of the political discussion. Fait accompli through pervasive encryption, which some politicians might read as perverse encryption.

That said, chat control isn't the only problem. Removing anonymity through age or general ID checks is the other.