They want to ban encryption? Let me guess, is it for the “safety” of children?
Well the parties in question are trying this for almost a decade. Mostly the “conservative” party from Germany wants total surveillance. In my eyes they are more right than Conservative
Germany is one of the countries against the current chat surveillance proposal, so at least we have that going for us (which is nice)
The same people that want VDS, despite multiple consecutive judgments up to EUGH level against it?
Like anything else, some times right, some times wrong.
This is a great “right” moment.
I dread the next “wrong” one.
Just saying “sometimes right, sometimes wrong” is such an oversimplification that it’s meaningless.
Yes, almost all real world systems have variable outcomes, that doesn’t mean that are some aren’t better than others or on average produce better outcomes or ones that drive us in the right direction.
I.e. a system of strong regulators with clear and strong checks and balances (courts and parliament itself), is a far better system than one where corporations are just allowed to operate freely and implement whatever policies they want the instant they have the market power to do so.
