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An amendment to the “Narcotrafic” law is moving to the French National Assembly. Remind your legislators that a backdoor for the good guys only is not possible.
  • Quik@infosec.pubEnglish
    1821·
    20 hours ago

    “Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say”

    Snowden

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      It is not different and both are done. If you’ve met people of that worldview (thieves, relatives of bureaucrats, bureaucrats themselves), they really have nothing to say directly, they talk in subtle (they think) hints and subtle (they think) threats.

    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      38·
      16 hours ago

      And the things that are perfectly okay today might be the things you want to hide tomorrow. Abortions and pregnancies, thoughts about labor rights or climate, sexual orientation, …

    • floofloof@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      42·
      18 hours ago

      I expect many people might read this and think “yep, fair enough, I have nothing to hide and nothing to say” and still not understand why either privacy or free speech are valuable.