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The Achilles' heel of the internet is that it's controlled by the US.
by unglaublich 5y ago
The Achilles' heel of the internet is that it's controlled by the US.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoRather the US than the PRC or Putin though. But I'd prefer the EU, imo.
- nomendos 5y agoYou're missing the point about this evil act. I'd also pick US as is now, but to summarize after this act US becomes greatest evil against all other and itself.
- odiroot 5y agoDon't hold your breath. We have plenty of political forces here that don't like encrypted communication. SPD in Germany would gladly see Telegram be completely banned. They even brag about this in their own party-media: https://www.vorwaerts.de/artikel/innenpolitik-spd-gegen-telegram-vorgehen-will https://www.vorwaerts.de/artikel/innenpolitik-spd-gegen-tele...
- raxxorrax 5y agoWhat a disgrace the party has become. It has nothing to do with former social democrats which we owe much to regarding liberties. Their behavior is nourishment for extremism more than any internet platform could ever be. Fear and self-fulfilling prophecies is what they will harvest. They are like the people complaining about distrust in government while regularly extending surveillance of citizens.
- throwaway473825 5y agoIsn't this criticism of Telegram about hate speach rather than encryption? If you wanted to ban encryption, Telegram would be the least of your worries.
- nebalee 5y ago> SPD in Germany would gladly see Telegram be completely banned. > They even brag about this in their own party-media: https://www.vorwaerts.de/artikel/innenpolitik-spd-gegen-telegram-vorgehen-will https://www.vorwaerts.de/artikel/innenpolitik-spd-gegen-tele... Nothing in this article supports that allegation. And on the topic of encryption the new administration intents to strengthen it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29433262 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29433262
- nix23 5y agoI would prefer Iceland, let's make Iceland the Sheppard of the Internet-(Core) ;)
- nomendos 5y agoStill yes US holds main strings. This act is about grabbing it all, so my high certainty prediction is that US would loose all it had. (read my longer post)
- danuker 5y ago> my longer post For the convenient clicker: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30298373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30298373
- shp0ngle 5y agoYeah let’s move it to Russia and China, that will make it more free
- angio 5y agoThe internet doesn't need to be controlled by a single country, and there are other countries in the world besides the US, Russia, and China.
- peoplefromibiza 5y agoit's interesting every time something about the US being the US comes up, someone brings up China or Russia. It's a knee jerk reaction at this point, but, in all honesty, China and Russia have 3 times the internet users US has (China is also building internet infrastructures in many African countries), that can't be easily discarded. And for many of them the "american internet" is less free, more invasive and more dangerous than their own.
- tigerlily 5y agoMore like the Achilles' heel of the US is that it's controlled by the Internet.
- MomoXenosaga 5y agoNot in China. A country that takes it's sovereignty very seriously. But one can argue they've turned it into their own intranet.