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beep@beep@piefed.world
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How governments design laws against you and call it cybersecurity

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1330873/how-governments-design-laws-against-you-and-call-it-cybersecurity

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SMEXHow governments design laws against you and call it cybersecurity - SMEXYou write something online. Nothing heroic. Nothing controversial. A joke about the electricity that never works or a sarcastic comment on a minister’s speech. Weeks later, your phone rings. There is a law you’re being held accountable under, and there’s a good chance it has the word “cybercrime” in the title, which is strange because […]
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melroy@melroy@kbin.melroy.org
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Don't trust any government. Period.

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CosmoNova@CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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I‘m not sure if Democracy can survive with that sentiment but I‘m also not sure if it can survive without it.

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grue@grue@lemmy.world
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Democracy relies on transparency and verification, not trust. Any government official who tries to keep secrets from the public is an enemy of the People.

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CosmoNova@CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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You need some trust I think. You wouldn‘t really need elections if everything was fact based and that would cause distrust.

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Frettchen@Frettchen@lemmy.world
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You give power to someone that is the trust they got. Nothing less but also nothing more!

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PRIMEcavitationfetishist@PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au
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Democracy does not need government. Works better without it.

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PRIMEcavitationfetishist@PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au
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There are people laws bind and people laws protect.

Never both. Which one are you?

Edit: if you’re not sure, have grok generate you some particularly bad kiddie porn, then send it to yourself and cc your local chief of police.

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idiomaddict@idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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Ghislaine Maxwell develops class consciousness

I’m just joking, she already has it, along with the other billionaires

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Atomic_Edge@Atomic_Edge@lemmy.world
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😅Oh no, no, no, you misunderstood. They mean security for them, not for you. It’s like saying, ‘We value privacy’—but do they mean privacy for the corporation or for the consumer?

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