alt Hacker NewsTime to move to self hosted messaging platforms or go back to GPG encrypted messages.
And politicians complain that democracy is losing it's appeal! What's the difference between what the EU wants to do and what is being done in autocracies like China and Russia?
Snooping on all messages and conversations, even the Stasi did not have this much power!
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supermatt • 07/31/2025
It doesn't matter what you use. It is your device that will be doing the snooping - i.e. client-side scanning
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> Time to move to self hosted messaging platforms or go back to GPG encrypted messages.
That works only if all your contacts are technically educated enough. It's more important to look for political solutions than technical workarounds. We need to protect the communication of everyone by preventing this law from passing.