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Let me take the other side here. The western world couldn't make it without sovereignty. I do realize that it sounds bad that few states would have such power.
by yard2010 2y ago
Let me take the other side here. The western world couldn't make it without sovereignty. I do realize that it sounds bad that few states would have such power. But make no mistake - if they won't do it, other actors would, I think that your interests reconcile with a democratic state much more than the other crooked actors.
It's just a matter of lesser evil in my humble opinion.
- lynx23 2y agoImplemented mass-surveilance is proof that democracy is dead.
- immibis 2y agoWhat if the overwhelming majority of voters want surveillance?
- Aerroon 2y agoThen put it to a referendum. It's certainly an important enough protection considering that correspondence is usually constitutionally protected.
- lynx23 2y agoI give you that if the voter opinion was not influenced by media reports. However, since that is pretty much impossible, no... There is actually no way the "overwhelming majority" will ever want that, without being influenced...
- rightbyte 2y agoE2E encryption would prevent anyone from intercepting texts by mathematic certainty. At least on a mass scale, if we worry about back doors. This SaaS fad is the underlying technical enabler of the spying and need to go away. I guess Google is the main culprit by making P2P coms hard. Asking faceless corps to open their users' mailboxes willy nilly is way easier then asking the voters to.