who@feddit.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoLawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doingwww.eff.orgexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1493arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comprivacy@lemmy.world
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minus-squareHexesofVexes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up56·22 days agoIt’s as if the USA and UK are locked in a perpetual “hold my beer” moment with their legislation. Then again, Europe is also pushing some boundaries with it’s chat snooping laws. A bad time to be an internet user really…
minus-squareADTJ@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up24·22 days agoI feel like a lot of my European (EU citizen) friends are commentating from some high horse but in reality I feel European lawmakers are just watching how this plays out before deciding to follow suit.
minus-squareEugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoThey’re trying to introduce backdoors to various chat programs right now, so they’re likely going to be guilty of the same invasion of privacy soon.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·22 days agoBetter than being dead though.
minus-squarefalseWhite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·22 days agoI’m not so sure lately
It’s as if the USA and UK are locked in a perpetual “hold my beer” moment with their legislation.
Then again, Europe is also pushing some boundaries with it’s chat snooping laws.
A bad time to be an internet user really…
I feel like a lot of my European (EU citizen) friends are commentating from some high horse but in reality I feel European lawmakers are just watching how this plays out before deciding to follow suit.
They’re trying to introduce backdoors to various chat programs right now, so they’re likely going to be guilty of the same invasion of privacy soon.
A bad time to be alive really.
Better than being dead though.
I’m not so sure lately
Ehh…