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The solution to this is of course to simply outlaw the use of communication systems that cannot be monitored by law enforcement. India has it, the EU is working
by rowyourboat 3y ago
The solution to this is of course to simply outlaw the use of communication systems that cannot be monitored by law enforcement. India has it, the EU is working on it, and I'm sure the US will do something like that as well.
- FrenchDevRemote 3y agosolution to what exactly? to help hackers hack companies more efficiently?
- rowyourboat 3y agoTo being able to surveil a country's citizens. These super-anonymous communication technologies are touted time and again to solve the problem of a surveillance state, while they do nothing of the sort. You cannot solve a social problem with technology.
- tambourine_man 3y agoYou think being able to surveil a country's citizens is a feature?
- samtho 3y agoThe point that was trying to be made was that it doesn’t matter how secure and unbeatable something is if a sovereign state wishes to simply criminalize its use. It can then utilize its full power to enact violence upon any S̵u̵b̵j̵e̵c̵t̵ citizen, who is caught using it.
- tambourine_man 3y agoThanks for clearing that up. But if a tool can be devised that no trace of its use can be found, there’s nothing such state can charge you of. This tool clearly wants to be a step in that direction.
- edgyquant 3y agoDid you even read the comment?
- tambourine_man 3y agoI wouldn’t reply otherwise
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- edgyquant 3y agoThis doesn’t seem to be a response to the comment you’re replying to
- yencabulator 3y agoSuch as HTTPS?