• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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    Nothing changes for now but other moves by Google clearly show they are trying to kill 3rd party ROMs by locking down Android’s code. In my opinion, unless EU steps in and mandates phone manufacturers and Google to support google free apps we’re fucked.

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      11 hours ago

      EU wants phones to be locked down so they can then make Google implement mass surveillance for “national security” reasons

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            9 hours ago

            Chat Control is not implementing mass surveillance and has nothing to do with national security. I that’s their only argument they are confused and there’s nothing to talk about. If they have other arguments I would like to hear them.

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              It likely is not their only grievance as other things exist like porn blocking, ID implementations and VPN discussions.

              Also chat control is reviewing private conversations. It is a provacy breach. There is no circumstance where this is not abusable. Here are some truths to how the law is presented:

              1: nothing can be seen, only if certain pre registered files are recognised 2: politicians, military and associated personnel are exempted.

              Meaning it can see more than nothing or else it is acceptable for these people to possess these materials.

              It is also able to controlled a granular level person to person.

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                Porn blocking? In EU? I heard about it only in UK. Which EU countries block porn?

                ID implementation… yes, all EU countries have ID. Many have digital IDs. What’s with it?

                VPN discussion isn’t really proof of anything. Even Chat Control 2.0 isn’t approved yet, it’s just a project. VPN blocking is not even a proposal. It just someone mentioned in some report. Hardly a reason to claim that EU is becoming a surveillance state.

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                  Do you sit and wait to be impacted by something before you consider forming an opinion on it andk maybe acting?

                  IDs and digital IDs are not the same as the discussion surrounding online identification legislation. One is state ID that is pretty common. The other is tech companies gettimg a data harvesting opportunity.

                  I didnt make the claim, but there is ample evidence to support it from where I sit.

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                    Act if you want to, no one is stopping you. For me it’s just silly that people talk about EU becoming surveillance state without being able to show a single valid example. Like when you said EU is blocking porn and VPN access. I’m still waiting for examples where it was done inside EU. Then everyone claims digital IDs are evil without realizing they have been used without issues in EU for 20 years. It’s like saying that EU will become a military dictatorship because countries have guns.

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      The EU has no interest in allowing privacy on devices, since it is increasingly attempting to control alternative narratives. We’re in touching distance of the Fourth Reich now.

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        Europe has explicitly no problem with this. They showed they have the power to censor Russian media but refuse to do this with European far-right, they just want the local fascists to win.

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            Even the premise is too generous:

            Why would the leaders of the EU—a project ostensibly built on peace and sovereignty—

            How on Earth is the literal cradle of Fascism and colonialism built on peace and sovereignty? The EU is built on neoliberalism and anticommunism, it cannot be built on peace or sovereignty.

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              Remember that the EU arose in part from the institutions set up to deter the same type of nationalist fascism rising again, such as the ECSC. Sadly, we may have encouraged Russian -funded American -spread international fascism in its place, although they don’t seem to control the EU yet.

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                Fascism is not even Russian funded or American spread, Europe is perfectly capable of growing its own fascism as we saw 100 years ago, sadly we’re going down the same road.

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                  Fascism is not even Russian funded or American spread, Europe is perfectly capable of growing its own fascism as we saw 100 years ago,

                  Capable and seen in the past, yes, but the current wave of it is indeed funded and spread by Russians and Americans.

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                    Partially funded by Americans and to a lesser degree Russians, primarily funded by Europeans

                    Edit: to clarify, I don’t believe Russia has less of an intent on controlling European politics than the USA does, it’s just that the USA has a lot more power, money and relations with Europe, so it naturally has a lot more ways to influence our policy. As an example, Europe will (righfully) be very angry at Russia when it starts a war with Ukraine, but will join the USA in a war in Iraq.

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                  American billionaires literally funded the US fascism and have made it public policy to support fascistic governments and groups within the EU. See the US sec of state endorsing Orban this week as evidence.

                  Honeslty think you ae a bot in here to spread shit and be divisive for the sake of it.

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                    Nah, you’re just eurocentric and believe the myth of the European garden vs the world jungle, whose roots are white supremacy. Not everyone who disagrees with you is a bot, I’m not calling you an Interpol agent.

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                Criticizing European colonialist roots makes me an asset? Welp, guess I should instead join the massive far-right crowds in Spain chanting that Muslims should be expelled and that Spain brought culture and technology to its colonies in America

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                  The EU was founded on peace. Post world war 2 , right up until now was the longest period of peace on the continent in moder history.

                  You do you man, but parroting divisive talking points just to be doing it is asset work.

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                    Post world war 2 , right up until now was the longest period of peace on the continent

                    Damn, you should totally tell the million Algerians murdered by France leading up to 1962 that Europe was peaceful, maybe nothing would have happened. You should also tell Iraqis about how we totally didn’t join the invasion of their country on this very century, Yugoslav people how Europe didn’t bomb them, and Libyans that Europe didn’t bomb them either

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        Would not be sure about that. There has been steps in opposite directions in the past. Remember the regulation regarding 3. party app Stores on IOS, or even further back in the past the “Free Brwoser Choice” in MS-Windows.