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>>amarch+(OP)
The UK is quickly deploying surveillance state technology that people once decried China for. Whether or not this is ethical or useful, I wish the hypocrisy would be acknowledged. The OSA, the Apple encryption demands, LFR, …, it’s clearly a trend. Has society really become this dangerous that we must deploy these things?

>>Shank+Bj
> The UK is quickly deploying surveillance state technology that people once decried China for.

they always had been or at least tried, for decades by now, the only thing which had been holding them back was the EU frequently being like "no wtf UK, that is against human rights, EU law, etc."

> Has society really become this dangerous that we must deploy these things?

no, and it also has a long track record of not only marginally improving your crime statistics. And especially stuff like facial recognition vans are most times not used to protect citizens but to create lists for who attended demos and similar. Which is most useful for suppressing/harassing your citizens instead of protecting them.

>>dathin+cW
> EU frequently being like "no wtf UK, that is against human rights, EU law, etc."

And yet they are still pushing [0]

[0] https://edri.org/our-work/despite-warning-from-lawyers-eu-go...

>>JFingl+D21
It's almost like huge organizations built off the backs of many different parties working in tandem, will at times have contradictory aims.

>>fao_+G42
In that case it would be nice to see any effort from EU against government surveillance.

Sure GDPR and what not, but they're full of loopholes for allowing government to do what private parties are not.

>>zosima+M43
EU is trying to implemement chat control... again. That's their effort.

https://stopchatcontrol.eu/

It would be nice if we removed the security guards for politicans, and if they're not doing bad stuff, they have nothing to fear.