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As the article states, at this rate it's only a matter of time before a federal law will be passed that applies to you, too.

>>mrtest+(OP)
The UK, Australia and the EU also seem hell-bent on this. China already has aggressive user controls in place.

I am not a conspiracy nut at all but it feels off that so many states are all simultaneously pushing for stuff like this and message scanning.

Together with more and more services requiring hardware attestation (think banking, medical, streaming, games) it seems like we're gliding towards a future of tight digital control by states+corporations.

Honestly all it would really take is Meta deciding their messaging apps require your account to be verified by some state system and your device to be in a verified state. WhatsApp + Instagram + FB Messenger have over 5 billion active users. They're not gonna move to Signal and Telegram en masse. Plus who says their CEOs won't get arrested (again) on some phony charge to pressure them into requiring verification.

Blech.