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Let's not mix contexts. This legislation was (and is) pushed by European security services. If it passes, I guarantee that it will be (ab)used widely.
by toyg 2y ago
Let's not mix contexts. This legislation was (and is) pushed by European security services. If it passes, I guarantee that it will be (ab)used widely.
- eigenket 2y agoIt was mostly pushed by people (Ylva Johansson) linked to American organisations (Thorn) who are in the business of selling chat monitoring software.
- toyg 2y agoAnd their customers are...?
- eigenket 2y agoCurrently random companies [1], if the shitty legislation gets passed then every EU government. [1] https://www.thorn.org/solutions/for-platforms/ https://www.thorn.org/solutions/for-platforms/ Their website lists oracle, slack, ancestry.com and others
- toyg 2y agoSecurity services typically don't publicize what they use, for obvious reasons. Unless you can point out links between the Hungarian government (who announced they will re-table the directive in a few months) and such companies, I'd say Occam stays with the security services.
- eigenket 2y agoI'm pretty sure Orban and his scumbags just use pegasus to spy on anyone they like, I don't think this adds anything for them. The chat scanning stuff isn't a realistic proposal either for its intended purpose or for spying, it's just grifting.