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EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians (www.theregister.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They always try to sneak in the worst stuff during big events it seems - people are distracted by football? Great, let's quickly push through some awful, questionable legislation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Festivity Doctrine, if you will.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I hate that my government (Sweden) is a driving force behind this.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Well, your country screwed Assange, too... Don't be so surprised...

[+] [email protected] -6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

What did you expect?? They already sold your country off to the US, they're building 17 military bases on your soil, so you're in essence already occupied by the western military-industrial complex. Why does it surprise you that you don't have a shred of a competent government left??

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not true. They are gaining access to already existing military bases.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Lol like that makes any difference?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I mean you did claim Sweden was being occupied. Words do matter, you know. It’s how we understand what you believe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I didn’t claim anything tho..?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Well yes it does. Because the russian military complex is invading other countries that are not in a military alliance the swedes decided to enter one. And because it is a military alliance the others members are getting access to the (already existing) military bases.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I'm openly critical against the whole NATO thing and DSA but you're just being silly, ignorant, a troll or all of the above.

I'd rather be a part of the Western military industrial complex than being Ukraine since 2014.

If Russia just could stop aspiring to be the premier asshole of the northern hemisphere, Sweden would still be "neutral" and democratic neighbors of Russia wouldn't be forced to put huge amounts of tax money into arms instead of healthcare.

Russia essentially attacked the guy sitting next to them on the bus because they felt the guy was sitting too close.

Of course everyone on the bus gets scared of the idiot attacking people!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You silly goose. Sweden, a major arms exporter and one of the world's top 3 arms exporters per capita is, in fact, the western military-industrial complex.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

So their 'neutrality' was a big pile of BS to begin with.

[–] VirtualOdour 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You're being silly tbh, Sweden is it's own nation full of people with their own opinions, you can't blame everything on America.

Sweden has its own complex reasons for making bad choices, they're mot just sitting around hoping america tells them what to think.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying Swedes are stupid enough to voluntarily relinquish their independence to USA?

[–] VirtualOdour -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They haven't relinquished independence, you need to improve your anti America trolling this is just silly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Copemaster.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How to contact your MEP https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

But what if I don’t have an MEP? (Cries in British)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

signal is sadly also not trustworthy. i would rather recommend briar on mobile or just classic xmpp or irc on your desktop via tor.