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There are exemptions in the document and this article also talks about it; it would be good to know what tools we can use (p2p chat etc) that are exempt from th
by anonzzzies 2y ago
There are exemptions in the document and this article also talks about it; it would be good to know what tools we can use (p2p chat etc) that are exempt from this. I guess most people will blindly accept and won't care, but at least people can move if they do care (and possibly convince others).
- saurik 2y agoI would think a peer-to-peer system would not be exempt from this legislation, particularly given my understanding that the EU courts do not look favorably on gotcha-style analysis of laws that are limited to definitions of words used being twisted to claim "I'm unregulated". If you are a developer who works on a chat client as part of a decentralized service, I'd expect both you and all of the people running the network to suddenly become service providers subject to this law.
- anonzzzies 2y agoThere was a discussion about Matrix here; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40713065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40713065 But it seems (as always) not easy to determine.
- cherryteastain 2y agoIt's impossible for the EU to apply any meaningful enforcement action to a P2P encrypted chat system made by non EU citizen developers residing in a non EU country. Sure, the EU can declare your app is subject to this law, but then what?
- Hitton 2y agoJust not being available in app stores would effectively stop its usage.