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Well, they are concerned, however citizens of authoritarian states have no agency in decision-making. It works to the extent where mobile internet is mostly not
by ivan_gammel 8mo ago
Well, they are concerned, however citizens of authoritarian states have no agency in decision-making.
It works to the extent where mobile internet is mostly not working in places like Moscow (traffic to a few white-listed sites is allowed). A lot of services based on mobile connectivity are nearly impossible there for this reason (and geolocation has 4-digits before decimal point precision in km).
- blell 8mo agoThe blocking of cloudflare in Spain shows that citizens of “democratic” states have no agency either.
- ivan_gammel 8mo agoIt is different. It’s just not a sensitive issue - you cannot win elections having fixing this as central part of your platform. In authoritarian states you cannot win elections, period.
- hulitu 7mo agoIt is always "different". Are you older than 18 years ? Are you "allowed" to use a computer ? Or is this "different" ?