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EP rejects mass scanning of private messages - European Digital Rights (EDRi) (edri.org)

submitted 11 months ago by aPirate@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] crystal@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just imagine the potential for a govt/EU to revoke your oficial / legal identity at any time :)

A government doesn't need to take away your papers to deny you its services.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

A government doesn’t need to take away your papers to deny you its services.

Yes, people just need to be dumb enough to vote the typical half communist and half socialist parties to power and they'll take care of ruining public services for everyone in equal measure. :)