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"The safety mechanism that we have is very explicit that this (access) can only be used for child exploitation and abuse." This just isn't credible.
by Canada 3y ago
"The safety mechanism that we have is very explicit that this (access) can only be used for child exploitation and abuse."
This just isn't credible.
- postmodest 3y agoThis from the Jim'll Fix It crowd....
- scohesc 3y agoIt's so laughably stupid. "Trust us, we have a safety mechanism in place." What safety mechanism? Can they elaborate, especially when they're asking for backdoors/tools that will enable them to view private messages of anybody using the platform? This is just a complete violation of individual privacy rights. Hope there's other apps and platforms out there that will operate just out of the governments eyes that will still offer encrypted messaging. I'm not an encryption guru and I don't know the specifics about how they want to add a backdoor to these apps, but can't we generate our own keys to share between people we want to communicate with, removing the need to have these apps provide encryption? Never trust your government (at least in the western world! Some european countries do actually care about their people). They don't care about you one bit other than your ability to shut up and pay taxes. You are a resource to them and if they can control you by reading your messages and punishing you if try and go against their rules, they will.
- twarge 3y agoPerhaps Hanlon’s razor should be evaluated before going quite this far? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
- saikia81 3y agoHe is not saying they are malicious in their intent. The policy can still be attributed to stupidity/ignorance. The issue is that once given the power, it will be abused. Never trust anyone to point a gun at you or string a sword above your head. It will be abused at some point.
- patrick451 3y agoHanlon's razor is a bad heuristic. It ignores the very basic fact of human existence that Power is more addictive than heroine and more alluring than the Ring. Assuming power hungry fiends are just stupid is at best naive.
- throwbadubadu 3y agoThis safety mechanism is just the usual quickly-self-destructing-promise. Did they just say it can only be used for some teens sexting or smoking weed? See! Its all for the kids!
- Defletter 3y agoYes, of course this'll only be used for child exploitation and abuse, like how those anti-terrorism laws are only ever used to combat terrorism. Oh wait.
- protocolture 3y agoTo _prevent_ the abuse... right?
- deafpolygon 3y agoNot only is it not credible, the vast majority of exploitation and abuse does not happen over the Internet.
- weebull 3y agoMost child abuse happens in the room where the child is. It's not really a hybrid working situation.
- isaacremuant 3y agoJust like terrorism (abusive) laws can only be used for "terrorism" but then suddenly any type of dissent or criticism of the government is considered "a terrorism investigation" so your rights are removed in one quick swoop. But hey, "they must have done something, that surely won't happen to me, if I stay put and say yes to everything". Such freedom.
- belter 3y agoWho can forget the dangers of French publishers...or even worst...Iceland deposits...Think of the children for god sake... "How can a French protester be arrested under British terrorism laws in London?" - https://theconversation.com/how-can-a-french-protester-be-arrested-under-british-terrorism-laws-in-london-the-alarming-schedule-7-power-explained-204218 https://theconversation.com/how-can-a-french-protester-be-ar... "Terror law used for Iceland deposits" - https://www.ft.com/content/abf583de-9546-11dd-aedd-000077b07658 https://www.ft.com/content/abf583de-9546-11dd-aedd-000077b07...