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What does the british think of this?
Why are they(thr elected politicians) ruining their country?
Most of my fellow countrymen are too thick to understand anything about this and couldn't care less.
It's an island of neanderthals and I hope I can get highly skilled enough to leave it.
same. where you thinking to bail out to? my top 2 picks are netherlands and norway atm. got any ideas?
You realise the EU is trying to pull the exact same shit with E2E encryoed chat right?
i got searching, and i understand your concern, there's a lot of chatter in EU countries about doing this too
however - it looks like it's all chatter. i managed to find the specific proposal from the EU that people seem worried about, but it hasn't got out of council yet. seeing major countries like italy and germany coming out against an E2EE ban, means that i have confidence this proposal wont get past a qualified majority vote. (germany + italy = 31% eu pop, qmv pop threshold of 35% to reject)
on the other hand, we have the UK, which has already demonstrated that, when presented with a seriously stupid choice, it has the capacity to actually take that bad choice. the Online Safety Bill is real, it's in UK parliament now, will likely pass, and it will start hurting us by the end of this year
it's this second reason really, that the UK has the capacity to pull the trigger on dumb issues, that has put me on the path to leaving. it's not so much "EU good", rather it's "UK bad". this encryption thing is icing on the cake for me, but it's not the root cause.
Agree, I just worry that these ideas keep coming back again and again. No government or entity can be trusted and we need to keep an eye on them haha.
Obviously the UK is much more concerning at this specific point in time.
Most people here probably don't care, or take the stance of "I've got nothing to hide".
Because they're rich and want to get richer
There's no way most people are rich, and if they are, then something's going right at least.
I think the Tory government are a shower of self serving cunts. That’s business as usual though.
I’ve honestly no idea why they keep getting voted in again and again. Baffles me even more why folk are voting Tory here in Scotland. “Fuck you, I’ve got mine” seems to be a big factor.
The voting system (FPTP) is undemocratic
As with everything else done by our current incumbents, it's fucking moronic.
They've been trying this shit for years and it always gets defeated. Problem is they keep pushing the issue every few years.
We are used to everything just getting worse.
Same thing everyone else thinks. What a bunch of dipshits. Same reason your elected politicians are doing it. Either they think it's for the greater good or they're corrupt.
It's fucking dumb. They've been making similar noises about having back doors in the encryption in WhatsApp too.
The politicians probably genuinely do think that is good for the population as they'll think it's for our safety or some bullshit, but know fuck all about technology or civil liberties to understand the consequences.
As for the population, I doubt most would even be aware of this or even care if they do.