• Zetta@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    While this would be terrible if it passes, a part of me hopes a silver lining would be a massive surge in open source development focusing on privacy respecting software that does not follow or enable this disgusting behavior by the eu

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          1 year ago

          If you are using Windows or mac, they will be first in line to implement “protection” against “insecure software” :)

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            1 year ago

            When I said privacy respecting software, I definitely did not mean windows or Mac lol. Open source is the only way to actually know something respects your privacy, so both those pieces of software are inherently not that. Linux for life!

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            That’s like already the thing, if I modify my little “secure encrypted sharing protocol” windows will flag it as a virus if I send it (the software) to someone … Then after some time it’s ok. Guess it’s about those antivirus heuristics, but it’s not like it’s not putting a big stick in my bicycle wheel.

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          It’s not really about being enforceable. If most people don’t know how to root their phone and install apps from a third party store or repo, then the common usage of 2e2 is effectively destroyed. Sure, you could still, if you were sufficiently proficient, but you wouldn’t be able to message most of your family or friends securely, and that’s important.