Proton Mail founder vows to fight Australia’s eSafety regulator in court rather than spy on users
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Andy Yen says draft safety standards ‘would force online services … to access, collect and read users’ private conversations’
      • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.infoEnglish
        91·
        1 year ago

        I don’t want to believe this, my brain is refusing to process that statement, I have stared at that article in a state of disbelief for a minute. Surely someone can’t be that stupid, right?

        I have heard plenty of brain dead arguments by anti-encryption people, but this is by far the stupidest. There is no way, there is just no way that he’s so… I want to say brain dead, but that would imply that there is even a brain there for it to be dead.

        Regardless of political affiliation, or even the individual’s stance on encryption, surely there can’t be a single person that heard that statement and didn’t laugh at it, right?

        Perhaps the Australian stereotype of being upside down holds some truth, considering his… utterance; he must walk on his hands and constantly get bit by snakes and attacked by drop bears on his daily commute, that’s the only explanation for how someone can make such a statement

        • No1@aussie.zoneEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          Oh, it’s no fun. And we have media concentration issues here too, so you won’t get balanced or even a mention of both sides of an issue.

          Australia has been the testing ground for implementing Big Brother’s spying technology policies. The ones that are often tried later on in the US or UK.

          Nearly all of them have passed with full support from the two major parties here. I wish everyone better luck.

        • Danny M@lemmy.escapebigtech.infoEnglish
          41·
          1 year ago
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