Oh man, if the EU actually rolled out this horribd idea called ChatControl that actually threatens the security and privacy of secure e2e encrypted messaging like Signal™, fuck me, I'm out 🤦‍♂️ I'll just rage quit the IT industry and become a luddite. I'm out.

@prologic They have not rolled it out (yet), they are “just” discussing it (for the n-th time).

@movq Kill it with fire 🔥

@movq LOL. I wish and hope they keep proposing it until the proposers die of natural causes, and then it vanishes. Hopeful thinking, I know...

@bender hopeful of the same 🤞

@prologic Germany was listed as “opposing” on https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ for a while, now it’s back to “undecided”. According to netzpolitik.org, it’s still debated. Also according to that page, there could be an important vote on the EU level on October 13/14.

The green party and the (far) left are opposing this (at least in Germany). Sadly, Germany is leaning more right with every year … As for young people: The (far) left is the strongest party among young people, with the (far) right being the second strongest one. (https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2025-02-23-BT-DE/umfrage-alter.shtml) Is there cause for hope? I don’t know.

@movq See here's the thing... I just don't fucking gt this whole "left" vs. "right" shit™ anymore. None of it makes any sense whatsoever. When my wife tries to explain it to me it's completely the opposite to what you just said just now 😱 -- So from here on, I'm just going to keep things simple" nutters" and "normal" 🤣

I hope no-one here is a "nutter" 🤣

@prologic how dare you! (read it with Greta emphasis, and accent)

@bender 🤣

@prologic Hm, I don’t know. Over here, we have parties that we would call “left” or “right”, one of them even calls themselves “The Left”. No idea about your political landscape, but it still makes sense for us. 🤔 For me, at least.