Erik
@eriq@mastodon.online  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

While I'm generally very pro-EU, this #ChatControl initiative they keep pushing - despite experts having persistently debunking the rationale behind it - is indefensible.

Instead, this initiative will create an extremely invasive surveillance state where everything you type, view and receive is automatically scanned & potentially (falsely) flagged for human review.

This would mean the end of privacy.

If you are an EU-citizen, please consider writing to your MEPs.

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
Erik
@eriq@mastodon.online replied  路  activity timestamp 6 days ago

As a side note: it's baffling to see that Germany is seemingly still undecided on the matter of #ChatControl, given their history with mass surveillance in the DDR.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_East_Germany

Screenshot with an except from a Wikipedia article about mass surveillance in East Germany. It reads: "Domestic surveillance On 8 February 1950, East Germany saw the establishment of the Ministry for State Security (Ministerium f眉r Staatssicherheit), commonly known as the Stasi. The Stasi sought to "know everything about everyone". Its annual budget has been estimated at approximately $1 billion. The Stasi kept files on about 5.6 million people. The Stasi had 90,000 full-time employees who were assisted by 170,000 full-time unofficial collaborators (Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter); together these made up 1 in 63 (nearly 2%) of the entire East German population. Together with these, a much larger number of occasional informers brought up the total to 1 per 6.5 persons. People in East Germany were subjected to a variety of techniques, including audio and video surveillance of their homes, reading mail, extortion, and bribery. "
Screenshot with an except from a Wikipedia article about mass surveillance in East Germany. It reads: "Domestic surveillance On 8 February 1950, East Germany saw the establishment of the Ministry for State Security (Ministerium f眉r Staatssicherheit), commonly known as the Stasi. The Stasi sought to "know everything about everyone". Its annual budget has been estimated at approximately $1 billion. The Stasi kept files on about 5.6 million people. The Stasi had 90,000 full-time employees who were assisted by 170,000 full-time unofficial collaborators (Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter); together these made up 1 in 63 (nearly 2%) of the entire East German population. Together with these, a much larger number of occasional informers brought up the total to 1 per 6.5 persons. People in East Germany were subjected to a variety of techniques, including audio and video surveillance of their homes, reading mail, extortion, and bribery. "
Screenshot with an except from a Wikipedia article about mass surveillance in East Germany. It reads: "Domestic surveillance On 8 February 1950, East Germany saw the establishment of the Ministry for State Security (Ministerium f眉r Staatssicherheit), commonly known as the Stasi. The Stasi sought to "know everything about everyone". Its annual budget has been estimated at approximately $1 billion. The Stasi kept files on about 5.6 million people. The Stasi had 90,000 full-time employees who were assisted by 170,000 full-time unofficial collaborators (Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter); together these made up 1 in 63 (nearly 2%) of the entire East German population. Together with these, a much larger number of occasional informers brought up the total to 1 per 6.5 persons. People in East Germany were subjected to a variety of techniques, including audio and video surveillance of their homes, reading mail, extortion, and bribery. "