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submitted 1 day ago by rikviergever@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Pandora's iPhone, by Stuart Carlson, 2016. Still spot-on in 2026:

A backdoor for the good guys simply does not exist. Once you build it, hackers walk through, authoritarian governments walk through, and the rest follows.

The UK is pressuring for chat control right now. EU Chat Control initiatives keep popping up. We need to keep saying NO to this!

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[-] Thesilverpig@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

Astronaut behind astronaut, Always have been

[-] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Probably more of a "Corporate wants you to find the difference..." than the astronaut one.

this post was submitted on 22 May 2026

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