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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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The EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agenda (www.techradar.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Undertaker@feddit.org 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

eMail is affected as well. There is no alternative. And mails are not private if not all participants use end to end encryption

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Of course there are alternatives. That's the cherry on top of this crap pile: only regular non tech folks are affected. Nerds and actual criminals will just run an xmpp or simplex server and not care about the legislation.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Stop fear mongering, of course there is alternatives