• Steve Dice
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    153 months ago

    I can invite someone over to my house and talk about anything I want with no risk of government meddling. Why should it be any different in online communication regardless of the country?

    • @[email protected]
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      53 months ago

      Continuing the analogy, government agencies can absolutely eavesdrop on in-person conversations unless you expend significant resources to prevent it. This is exactly what I believe will happen - organized crime will develop alternate methods the government can’t access while these backdoors are used to monitor less advanced criminals and normal people.

      • Steve Dice
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        -13 months ago

        Spending significant resources to prevent it is exactly what encryption is. What the government wants is to completely eliminate online private communication. Continuing with the analogy: you want telescreens.

        • @[email protected]
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          3 months ago

          Huh? I don’t think you understand my comment. Except for the last line, you’re just further agreeing with me and I’m already agreeing with you.

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                  Telling someone who says government access will be used to spy on citizens but will be useless for combating serious crime that they want telescreens, a fictitious device used for government spying, doesn’t make any sense. Either you don’t know what a telescreen is, you have poor reading comprehension, or you’re a fairly clever troll. Maybe some of all the above.

                  • Steve Dice
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                    -23 months ago

                    I’m telling someone who says that a want for uncompromising privacy is a US thing that it’s not, and that these compromises they speak of would be akin to telescreens if applied to a non-digital situation.

            • @[email protected]
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              13 months ago

              So then you’re in favor of these government backdoors? Because your comment suggests the opposite.

              • Steve Dice
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                03 months ago

                No, I don’t agree that a want of privacy is an American thing.

                • @[email protected]
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                  23 months ago

                  So you misread my comment but you’re one of those types who can’t admit when they’re wrong. I’d say it’s our little secret but I see someone else pointed it out too.

                  • Steve Dice
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                    Nope. You’re the one refusing to admit being wrong.

                    Edit: I was totally in the wrong here. Someone else just pointed out you’re not the original commenter.