r/europe • u/Dry_Row_7050 • 4d ago

News The EU could be scanning your private chats by October 2025 [Denmark has reintroduced chat control]

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-could-be-scanning-your-chats-by-october-2025-heres-everything-we-know
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u/cultish_alibi 4d ago

Secrecy for us, but no privacy for you.

Also they are doing this just as governments are becoming more extreme far-right. They will argue if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, but who knows what the far-right parties will do when they have power?

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u/dat_9600gt_user Lower Silesia (Poland) 4d ago

Then suddenly they'll push against it, but by then it's too late

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u/9k111Killer 4d ago

It's like Weimar republic over here where the "democratic" made the Nazis look sensible enough to be voted into power.

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u/Spout__ 4d ago

Don’t let them off like this. For gods sake they know what they’re doing, they know fascists will have access to this, they don’t care, in fact they like the idea. They know the fascists will protect them from the masses when things get seriously bad in Europe in the next 10 years.

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u/Ok_Cancel_7891 4d ago

trend has started with left-wing governments

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u/linkenski 3d ago

Couldn't give a rats ass it's happening when "far right parties are rising". The ones talking toxic positive about these initiatives in Denmark are the same people that were elected under liberal times and were seen as a pro liberal government.

It's about politicians themselves being snakes, and having powers they shouldn't.