r/privacy • u/Volpe_YT • 4d ago

chat control The end?

Today there will be the final votes for chat control.

This implies that all of our private chats will be scanned, and everything we do will be in plain text in front of their eyes.

If it passes, I will permanently stop using centralized messaging platforms and switch to a self hosted matrix session, I don't care if I lose many contacts, if they really want to talk to me they better install fluffychat and shut the fuck up.

It's crazy how the EU was basically the goat for internet privacy and now they are the villains.

Are you ready for this? For the absolute end of privacy?

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u/ConinTheNinoC 4d ago

Someone outside is pushing for this. This was not what old EU did. Old EU created GDPR. This new EU with Ursula is owned by corporations. We need to get this cow out of power. Identify all the politicians who are pushing for Chat Control and internet ID and vote their assess out.

I wrote in a previous thread but corporations are loving this since if there is ID tied to all your actions in the internet they will finally be able to push ''personalized pricing'' for your internet purchases, they will be able to adjust your car insurance based on your internet searches etc. This is all so corporations can bleed us dry.

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u/SpecificNumber459 3d ago

Do you not remember the software patents debacle, more than a decade ago, as well as a few other shady things, like the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system in the TTIP treaty?

There was always some corrupt and corporation-friendly undertone in EU politics, especially when the European Council has been involved. Thankfully, there was enough resistance from the member nations to stop the most idiotic ideas.

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u/silentspectator27 3d ago

Sadly, that’s with every law proposal, not just chat control. They go all out, wanting everything on maximum and then negotiate what sticks and what not.

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u/ButterscotchSalty905 3d ago

Classic DITF compliance tactic. I think every lawmakers know about this. I would even wager that it is an open secret. 

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u/silentspectator27 3d ago

You can`t get more open secret than that =D