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Scoundrel 8 months ago
Perhaps, though I didn't think that represented your beliefs. If the UN's system provably met even strong security requirements, would you be okay with them monitoring 100% of your communication? Is that literally all you cared about? The security of your gf's nudes that the UN is scrolling through?

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That would absolutely not be okay. It would be an insane level of power in the hand of this entity. It's horifying that some people would knowingly consider submiting to this. The worry is this: I do not want to live in a society with surveilance worse than that which was immagined in 1984. Worse in that governments can fully automate the analysis of the communication and profile their subjects. With that, states no longer need to asign a human agent to whomever they want to surveil. Insteand they do mass surveilance. As usual, they will promise, that they want the power to protect you from bad guys, when in fact it will be use against political oposition, protestors etc. Tool for totalitarianism, one step at a time. The reality is, that echnology for encryption exists, and anyone can freely decide to use it, and no one can stop it. You cannot un-invent it. People who put a tiny bit of effort can run their own XMPP server, or use SimpleX or whatever. Not wanting to have my phone tapped should again be considered normal. Obviously. No justification needed.
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Scoundrel 8 months ago
It's sad to me that all you have is unjustified opinions. Privacy is a great topic that everybody should be able to engage with. Everyone should be able to share and understand eachother's beliefs about privacy, but you refuse to share any chance at understanding. I put a lot of effort into being able to share justification for my love of privacy and for all of my beliefs, no matter how normal. And even though I refuse to open myself up to any tangible consequences for my beliefs, I believe that my confidence and objectivity should be self evident.