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‘Let yourself be monitored’: EU governments to agree on Chat Control with user “consent” [updated]
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this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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Regardless of whether they actively scan only with permission and only images, it still breaks the security for everyone as images are sent with the same security as text. And future governments might not be so kind with the ability to break into everyone's communications.
This is bad news.