Developers of apps that use end-to-end encryption to protect private communications could be considered hostile actors in the UK.

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      I thought we were unique in this but frankly everywhere in the “western” world is talking about the same things. EU has chat control, Australia has similar efforts, USA aren’t pushing for privacy at all so it’s not a uniquely British problem.

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        It first starts with the “children” or the “bad actors/terrorists” and ends with a straight up fascist police state.

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      Hey, did you use a secure encrypted connection to make that treasonous remark? I’ve got 999 on speed dial, I’m on to you, you encryption terrorist!

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      Honestly everywhere sounds like an awful place at this point. Freedom is a thing of the past. A thing from a time whence literally everything we did wasn’t tracked, and in order to exist in society, you’re expected to submit to the tracking.

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        The world is a big place and disconnecting gives you a huge boost in privacy. It’s not all black-and-white, but the surveillance state has become very pervasive.

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          Yes but you can’t always disconnect. For instance, my healthcare provider requires in order to access your account you:

          1. Get an ID card with Google or Apple Wallet, which I don’t have.
          2. Verify over text message, except they refuse my phone # bc it’s VoIP.

          I will quite literally die without this so I had to get a new phone and a Google account.