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> If the E.U. really made Chat Control, it would require a DRM that would restrict non-signed OS from running I have seen this claim, but I don’t believe it is
by OfSanguineFire 3y ago
> If the E.U. really made Chat Control, it would require a DRM that would restrict non-signed OS from running
I have seen this claim, but I don’t believe it is necessarily true. If EU legislation limits encryption on WhatsApp and other messengers offered on the Play Store, then that already implements the law for the vast majority of the population. Us nerds might be able to run whatever OSs we want, but we and even non-nerd sideloaders are nearly a rounding error.
- jessenaser 3y agoThis is still true. Since most Android phones and all iPhones cannot install freedom software, they don't have to explicitly put a DRM at the hardware level, because it is already there from Apple or most Android manufactures. Apple devices can only install software from a signed key. Most Android phones can only install Android from the device manufacture signed key (unless Google Pixel for example). However, Android allows installing apps from not just the Play Store on most devices, so either the Android OS would need an update, or the hardware would need an update.