Most people here probably don’t care, or take the stance of “I’ve got nothing to hide”.
Because they’re rich and want to get richer
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Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
What does the british think of this?
Why are they(thr elected politicians) ruining their country?
ironveil@eviltoast.org 10 months ago
Finnbot@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think the Tory government are a shower of self serving cunts. That’s business as usual though.
I’ve honestly no idea why they keep getting voted in again and again. Baffles me even more why folk are voting Tory here in Scotland. “Fuck you, I’ve got mine” seems to be a big factor.
Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 10 months ago
I’ve honestly no idea why they keep getting voted in again and again.
The voting system (FPTP) is undemocratic
greyfrog@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They’ve been trying this shit for years and it always gets defeated. Problem is they keep pushing the issue every few years.
Bananakabooom@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Same thing everyone else thinks. What a bunch of dipshits. Same reason your elected politicians are doing it. Either they think it’s for the greater good or they’re corrupt.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 10 months ago
It’s fucking dumb. They’ve been making similar noises about having back doors in the encryption in WhatsApp too.
The politicians probably genuinely do think that is good for the population as they’ll think it’s for our safety or some bullshit, but know fuck all about technology or civil liberties to understand the consequences.
As for the population, I doubt most would even be aware of this or even care if they do.
ThePyroPython@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Most of my fellow countrymen are too thick to understand anything about this and couldn’t care less.
It’s an island of neanderthals and I hope I can get highly skilled enough to leave it.
clara@feddit.uk 10 months ago
same. where you thinking to bail out to? my top 2 picks are netherlands and norway atm. got any ideas?
greyfrog@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You realise the EU is trying to pull the exact same shit with E2E encryoed chat right?
clara@feddit.uk 10 months ago
i got searching, and i understand your concern, there’s a lot of chatter in EU countries about doing this too
however - it looks like it’s all chatter. i managed to find the specific proposal from the EU that people seem worried about, but it hasn’t got out of council yet. seeing major countries like italy and germany coming out against an E2EE ban, means that i have confidence this proposal wont get past a qualified majority vote. (germany + italy = 31% eu pop, qmv pop threshold of 35% to reject)
on the other hand, we have the UK, which has already demonstrated that, when presented with a seriously stupid choice, it has the capacity to actually take that bad choice. the Online Safety Bill is real, it’s in UK parliament now, will likely pass, and it will start hurting us by the end of this year
it’s this second reason really, that the UK has the capacity to pull the trigger on dumb issues, that has put me on the path to leaving. it’s not so much “EU good”, rather it’s “UK bad”. this encryption thing is icing on the cake for me, but it’s not the root cause.