- nomad@infosec.pubEnglish2 hours
Manfred Weber of the CSU (EVP chairman) introduced this personally. Roberta Metsola helped him through the procedure.
Remember these names, make sure they lose their jobs.
6 hoursThe more I hear about The Pirate Party the more I like them.
Are there any Pirate Party representatives in Denmark?
- sunbytes@lemmy.worldEnglish9 hours
How long until they say “people are using E2E to get around this. We need to ban/include E2E now”?
“E2E is just for pedos” incoming.
Me and my friend already set up a Matrix server with E2E. I’m hoping Fluxer will get E2E.
- DigitalMus@feddit.dkEnglish12 hours
I checked the danish votes here and it seems like only social demokratiet (social democrats) voted against this bill. All other stronger left leaning parties voted for it as well as all the centrist and right leaning parties. Truly disappointing.
- 4 hours
You are looking at this vote the wrong way around. Voting for the bill meant voting for the derogation of chat control, i.e. voting against chat control. The reason chat control passed isn’t because the majority voted “for” chat control, it’s because not enough voted “against” in a move where if less than 361 voted for the derogation it would automatically be reinstated.
- 13 hours
So the EU made everyone put endless cookie acceptance popups up in the name of “privacy” then turns around and flagrantly violates it in the name of “protecting children”. In the US the only thing that isn’t done in the name of “protecting children” is gun regulation.
- richmondez@lemdro.idEnglish6 hours
The EU didn’t make anyone do that, site that have no business recoding the information put those up as a dark pattern to try and force people into accepting the terms so they can claim informed consent to the tracking. It’s malicious compliance, they could just not collect that tracking data that isn’t required to provide the service.
- Omgpwnies@lemmy.worldEnglish3 hours
You got it a little backwards. Websites were already collecting that data and adding those cookies, the EU regulation forced them to tell you about it and let you opt-out.
- Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldEnglish19 hours
Wow the EU pulls ahead of the US in the competition to become the most comprehensive surveillance state
tl;dr, they waited for the opposition to go on holiday and then pushed through a special resolution that required them to vote no in order to not pass. It’s shady as fuck.
- WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
It’s almost like our institutions and political class across the developed world are acting on behalf of capital and not in the peoples best interests…
Maybe that’s why they all collude with surveillance capitalism to violate our civil rights wholesale, and expand the surveillance state…
These are not the actions of a government “for the people”. These are the actions of criminally corrupt tyrants and traitors who should spend the rest of their lives in prison. The fact that they won’t should tell you everything you need to know about our “democracies”.
- ptu@sopuli.xyzEnglish5 hours
How does this help the capital? Those big tech companies have the data already and mine it for ad profiling and teaching AI. I’m not saying it isn’t, I would only like to hear your thoughts.
- WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish3 hours
This is just one small step in the multi-decade implementation of mass surveillance.
“We’re already scanning all of your files for X. Why don’t we also scan them for all other crimes, A-Z?”
Statistical models and inference are mathematically guaranteed to have false positives and false negatives. False positives in this context mean entirely innocent people will be flagged and scrutinised, and have their private data shared, or potentially be investigated, when they have done nothing wrong at all. If fingerprints are one in a 1 million, and you have a database of a billion people, on average you’ll implicate ~1000 innocent people every time you run a print. That’s how you end up with millions of people on a watchlist. It’s criminally incompetent, at best.
- 13 hours
They had this surveillance, on a far greater scale, in communist countries like East Germany so it isn’t just about capitalism.
- WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish4 hours
We don’t live in East Germany. We’re supposed to be living in democracies where our governments act in our best interests, and our rights are not for sale.
They had this surveillance, on a far greater scale
This is a mentally-ill level of ignorance. The KGB or Gestapo couldn’t even dream of the surveillance state Western capitalism has already built. They didn’t have tracking devices and microphones in the pockets of most adults on Earth. They didn’t capture millions of data points about all of their daily lives. They didn’t have billion dollar economies structured around the capture and sale of that data. They didn’t have the ability to flag dissidents or resistance autonomously, in real-time based on statistical modeling, or the capability to execute everyone they flag as opposition with cheap fully-autonomous drones. This is called turnkey-totalitarianism. All the tools have already been built. The only thing a tyrant needs to do is turn the key.
Either educate yourself about the world or keep your ignorance to yourself. Your opinion is currently worthless.
- 1 day
Taking a lesson in underhanded politics from US republicans. Pass shitty legislation at midnight when nobody else is around to disagree with them.
- greenbit@lemmy.zipEnglish1 day
Huh, that sounds like there’s some next system level evaluation that can repel it then
Well, my country’s legislative bunch has already said, that mass surveilance is against our constitution. I doubt Finland is the only country in EU to have that, so even if it passes fully, it is going to have some big hurdles ahead.
- Lumisal@lemmy.worldEnglish19 hours
Possibly, but Finland still uses Palantir tech, so who knows if they’re following the constitution
- greenbit@lemmy.zipEnglish1 day
They all are, but also the EU has at least some safeguards in that multiple level federation system, as fake as it is overall
- topperharlie@lemmy.worldEnglish5 hours
Is it the worst part? I think the worst part is that is happening. And yes, this definitely gives me anti-EU sentiment. (And I have always been pro-EU)
The problem with today’s politics is the cult mentality that comes with it. There is such “keep supporting our team” rethoric that fucking politicians count on it. We should just hold them accountable.
This is my line in the sand, Fuck EU, Fuck all the parties voting yes, and Fuck every-fucking-one.
If everyone is acting fascist, there is no point on trying to stop fascism. And whether you like it or not this is Fascist as fuck.
- sunbytes@lemmy.worldEnglish9 hours
Yeah but the UK has been notably more censorious/orwellian since Brexit, so it’s a weak comparison.
(Not that they’ve got many strong comparisons on their side)
Why is it the worst part? If the EU admin does not represent its constituents, it should be threatened. Otherwise it ends up being undemocratic rep of various business interests.
- 1 day
Something something governments should be scared of their people
„The Council then sent the file back to Parliament at the beginning of the vacation season, where it was difficult to secure the necessary majority to dismiss it again“
What are we paying these people for? It should be obvious that it is Part of your duties being a member of parliament to monitor and act on stuff while being on vacation.
- littleomid@feddit.orgEnglish1 day
When I have vacation, I don’t want to be bothered with work related stuff either. I understand their want for a vacation, and they should not be blamed. The system that allows this chicanery is at fault here.
- DeadDigger@lemmy.zipEnglish6 hours
The neat part is the system doesn’t allow it but the person that had to reject it was for this so she didnt
- 13 hours
FFS this isn’t some factory job where you punch in and out. If you can’t have your precious vacation interrupted for the sake of the nation you should find another job
I don’t want to be bothered while on vacation either, but if something happens at work that needs my specific attention someone will find me.
For fuck’s sakes we can’t be taking server rooms more seriously than democracy.
- littleomid@feddit.orgEnglish1 day
I’m sorry but you’re enabling this behavior. When I take an official holiday, I’m unavailable for work, simple as that. Work is a part of my life, not the definition of my life.
As per Wikipedia on the topic.
As of July 1, 2019, the monthly salary is of €8,932.86, or just over €107,000 per year.[15] MEPs also receive a general expenditure allowance of €4,563 per month.[15]
If I can be called in from vacation for €43k a year, these cunts can come in to vote for the fucking future of democracy for €107k.
Is it right to interrupt vacations? No. Does it matter in this case? Also the fuck no. The thing happened! They weren’t there! If they want better rights or whatever I guess they should fucking unionise or whatever. Sitting out on a vote of this magnitude is beyond reprehensible.
I agree. I guess what I didn’t say is that I do a bunch of work on the clock in order to ensure 99% of my responsibilities are covered. And then even the other 0.9% my coworkers can just deflect or work around.
But if a situation arises that actually hurts people imo that is no longer a work issue but a humanity issue, and if my fellows can’t handle it then I do want to be made aware.
If this a regular occurrence then there needs to be some way to block or mitigate the damage, so that people can go on vacation and not worry they’re coming back to a mess.
In this case, this is a thing that can be postponed
I can agree if they called them because “OH NO ALL OUR PEOPLE ARE DYING WHAT DO WE DOO” but it’s not
I guess I’m not European so I don’t know that much about this process. It sounded serious, but if it can be postponed then yeah postpone.
- GreyEyedGhost@piefed.caEnglish1 day
When a server is down, they want to find you. When they want to pass a law which you will vote against, how hard do you think they’re trying?
I mean how are there not people in your office, people you work next to, people who know about which issues you ought to be made aware of, that can reach out to you?
The total vote count required shouldn’t change if someone’s on vacation.
If they can’t vote remotely or by proxy, then the vote should either be delayed or extended, or anyone absent should be listed as not present or abstained. Either way the percentage of “yes” votes shouldn’t be any different from if every seat was in attendance.
If there’s a threshold needed for a “yes” vote then it’s functionally the same, even without counting as one. I’m just saying that threshold shouldn’t go down just because someone is on vacation.
- OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish1 day
I don’t want to be bothered with work related stuff either. I understand their want for a vacation, and they should not be blamed
Have you ever heard the phrase, “With great power comes great responsibility”? Yes, it’s from some dumb capeshit, but it’s true. If you want to be elected into a position of such power, then you’re voluntarily signing up for the responsibility, including the responsibility to keep shit like this from happening when you go on vacation.
- littleomid@feddit.orgEnglish1 day
Vacation is vacation. They have a right to a vacation just like I do. The system should have safeguards in place. I don’t want the elected to have a burnout, just in the same way that I don’t want to have a burnout.
- OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish14 hours
The system should have safeguards in place.
But it doesn’t.
And until it does, the privacy rights of millions of people is more important than a few politicians’ vacation time.
- 13 hours
But they knew the ramifications of the job when they accepted it.
Right there should be, but there isn’t, so until there is they need to have someone from their office on the spot to field important stuff like this.
- Kekzkrieger@feddit.orgEnglish1 day
The difference beeing is that.they do not have attendence requirements, which i am sure you do at your work, can’t just not show up.
- 1 day
To be fair, Europe is all about their summer vacations.
- Damage@feddit.itEnglish1 day
I mean maybe get pissed at your premier for playing these underhanded games
- REDACTED@infosec.pubEnglish1 day
So what does this mean? Do we have to use China-based chat apps to avoid domestic spying? I assume US companies (including Whatsapp) will bend to the ruling
I’d say probably best to not trust apps at all. You could roll your own Matrix instance for example, but then who’s to say that the client applications don’t comply?
Trust no one, I suppose.
- softotteep@pawb.socialEnglish17 hours
The source code of the client applications prove they don’t comply.
- nickall@feddit.itEnglish12 hours
You shouldn’t worry about it unless you do not use E2E encrypted communication
The amended EP position adopts a positive, yet rather cosmetic amendment proposed by the liberal RENEW group that would “exclude communications to which end-to-end encryption is, has been, or will be applied” from the scope of the law.
This isnt cosmetic, this is genius! It satisfies lawmakers who want to make this pass to “save the children” and have no idea of the consequences, and it satisfies the lawmakers with braincells since makes the law inapplicable to secure communications.
I hope this does pass so they finally stop trying to push it through. But since they did pass the voluntary one but are still trying to pass the non-voluntary one, I think they will just try to spam chat control laws until their dystopic aim is achieved.
- Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish1 day
They still get to eavesdrop on your e-mails.
You know, the digital version of mail.
Guess who used to open and read people’s mail … oh, yeah, the political police of every fucking dictatorship in Europe (both Fascist and Communist) during the XX century.
This is the shit these people in supposedly Democratic nations have enacted.
If you’re a citizen in an EU member state, I suggest you have a look at who are the MEPs in you country who voted for this shit. In mine - Portugal - which had a Fascist dictatorship complete with mail opening secret police, this was passed entirely with the votes of the mainstream parties and even the far-right voted against it.
- Enekk@lemmy.worldEnglish1 day
I agree they should have barriers on getting access to your email, but, and I’m sure you know this on some level, the way email works and can bounce around across multiple servers before landing in your provider’s systems, all in plain text, means you should never rely on email for privacy unless you are encrypting it. I just run on the assumption that copies of all of my emails exist somewhere.
- Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish24 hours
I do know how the SMTP protocol works.
Just because the envelope is not sealed doesn’t mean that the state should be allowed to get a photocopy of what’s inside to be perused by some apparatchik if they feel like it WITH NOT EVEN A SUSPICION OF A CRIME MUCH LESS JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT
Is this shit Democracy or is Autocracy with a bit of Theater of Democracy on top?
Yeah. It might be preferable to draw a line between social media and chat applications.
That way the people who are scared can teach their children to talk on services that are scanned, while people that care for their privacy can opt for private communication.
If it’s about pedophiles sharing stuff with each other, they’ll never be able to stop that.
- ClownStatue@piefed.socialEnglish1 day
If it’s about pedophiles sharing stuff with each other, they’ll never be able to stop that.
I mean they can’t stop it entirely, but the could do some things… Like invest in mental healthcare to understand and combat such social problems, but just passing laws is so much easier.
- placebo@lemmy.zipEnglish1 day
This is one of the rare articles that is trying to explain what happened because the whole procedure can be a bit confusing with multiple readings and votes, and most sources don’t even mention multiple votes as if they don’t understand the process themselves.
