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‘Let yourself be monitored’: EU governments to agree on Chat Control with user “consent” [updated] (www.patrick-breyer.de)

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‘Let yourself be monitored’: EU governments to agree on Chat Control with user “consent” [updated]

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[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If a user does not agree to the scanning of their private photos and videos, they would still be able to use the service for sending text messages, but would no longer be able to share images and videos.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 40 points 3 months ago

And e2ee would also get fucked, whether you consent or not.

The problem is that by merely enabling the surveillance, security is already compromised, whether it's used to spy or not.