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[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 14 points 6 months ago

I swear, I'm just gonna laugh at these clowns, honestly, and just PGP encrypt my messages that they can intercept in plain text. So fuck them. I don't actually think they will win, but even if they did, it will only hurt law abiding people and will make no a difference to non-law abiding people.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

Give it a few years and EU will pass some laws to round up trouble makers like yourself.

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 6 points 6 months ago

Until the yoke of authority becomes so oppressive that everybody breaks the law, you are definitely right. They will target people. But once they get so oppressive that everybody is breaking the law and just ignoring them, then they lose all power. After all, they can't arrest everybody. Where would they hold them and who would be in charge of them and who would make them their lattes and shit.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

I'm sure people were saying the same thing in 1930s Germany.

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 8 points 6 months ago

Mmmm. Good point. Now there's a frightening thought.

[-] mihor@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago
  • Hold them?! * chuckles * No, sir, we will not hold you... Certainly not for longer than this crematorium takes to process you. 😵‍💫
[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago
[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago

a person who doesn't go with the flow

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

The flow of mass surveillance?

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

yeah that's very clearly the direction EU is headed in

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

And that makes @shortwavesurfer@monero.town a trouble maker

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago

I swear, I’m just gonna laugh at these clowns, honestly, and just PGP encrypt my messages that they can intercept in plain text. So fuck them. I don’t actually think they will win, but even if they did, it will only hurt law abiding people and will make no a difference to non-law abiding people.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah I don't get it. Maybe I'm missing something

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 months ago

Working around laws that ban E2E encryption will ultimately be seen as subversive and the legal system will go after people doing this, what part of this is unclear?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

It is just to break unjust laws. In the case of encryption you are protecting your self from an increasingly authoritarian government

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 months ago

And my point was that the increasingly authoritarian government will eventually go after people who are trying to protect themselves in this way.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Of course they will why else would you break unjust laws.

We aren't talking about something that directly harms another. We care talking about sending a private message and if that is against the law the laws should be openly broken.

[-] bobbytables@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

I am betting you they would try to intercept before you encrypt - like keylogging or something. Those fuckers.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago
[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 1 points 6 months ago

That's definitely true.

[-] NullGator@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago
[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

Its not better than better encrypted messaging apps

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