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EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians
(www.theregister.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
As someone who doesn't know much about China aside from the high competitiveness of their academic environment, I'm curious as to what sort of issues your friends face due to surveillance? Does it affect their day to day lives? Or does it just foster an atmosphere of "be careful what you say"?