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Proton Mail founder vows to fight Australia’s eSafety regulator in court rather than spy on users
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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Ugh I hate this.
It always starts with blocking CSAM, because just about everyone agrees it's awful and the people who produce and share such content deserve to be sent to prison
But then over time it creeps on and on to other controversial things, like surveilling Nazis. And before too long it's expanded to protestors who attended rallies laws were broken in. And then eventually some radical new government is elected and now anybody who's organising any form or protest is surveilled and quietly disappears
Having laws like this is fine when the ruling party only uses it for things most people would deem net positives (like stopping terrorism and arresting child abusers), but passing laws that break encryption or force invasive logging creates opportunities not only for misuse by authorities but also data breaches and social engineering attempts.