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Chat control (lemmy.ml)
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!

Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they worked hard for it(including waiting 24 hours) by rikviergever in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] rikviergever@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Not happening on /e/OS! You can join us here: https://e.foundation/

Child bride faces execution in Iran unless she pays £80,000 in ‘blood money’ by rikviergever in c/world@lemmy.world
[-] rikviergever@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Thank you for doing this detailed research, really appreciated!

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Child bride faces execution in Iran unless she pays £80,000 in ‘blood money’ (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by rikviergever@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world
10 comments fedilink

Goli Kouhkan was a child bride at 12 and now faces execution.

More info here:

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/03/child-bride-faces-execution-in-iran-unless-she-pays-80000-in-blood-money

If you want to contribute to saving Goli's life, you can do that here:

https://www.mycause.com.au/page/385632/urgent-call-for-saving-goli-kouhkans-life

I'm using DisplayPort from now on instead of HDMI! by rikviergever in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[-] rikviergever@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I added the following to the original post: "This video does a great job at explaining why it is a much more open and less proprietary alternative, in addition to being technically to be preferred."

Do hashtags not work well on Lemmy?

rikviergever

joined 7 months ago