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Chat surveillance law by the EU Parliament? (results.elections.europa.eu)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The results are showing up... Now we have to hope for the law to be declined... Already discussed about the chat control law of the EU, here : https://lemmy.ml/post/16469106

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[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

good luck getting everyone you know to communicate with you with "software from GitHub or F-Droid or something". I'm having a hard time making people try out Signal, which is freely available on the major app stores (and which, by the way, has declared that they'll leave the EU market if one device scanning will be enforced on them).

[–] chordsphere1@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think this would give me a reason to tell my contacts why I refuse from now on to use whatsapp for instance. I could say something like whatsapp now scans every single photo you send, therefore I won't use it so contact me on some other place.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Good luck with it, mister/miss

[–] chordsphere1@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

Thank you, good luck to you too

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

That's sad but try to "afraid" a bit that's almost the only way to convinced non-privacy guy to switch...

[–] chordsphere1@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, what does "unfraid" mean?

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Afraid sorry

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Signal is great but lack some points, like the requirement of the mobile number or the centralisation of the servers

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

okay, but that's not relevant to what I'm talking about here.

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Right sorry

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I wasn't even talking about such cases. I was talking about people who need really secure and private communication in that particular comment