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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 29 points 4 months ago

it's the only way to maintain trust. as soon as you publicly compromise even a small part of the system the whole thing is worthless.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No, just regular keel over compliance.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah, they should have taken a stand and been banned for breaking the law, that would have showed the government.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

What's the alternative? Strong arm a democratically elected


even if stupid at times


government to change policy? That's a terrifying precedent.

The other alternative is to backdoor or otherwise compromise users in other jurisdictions. Glad they didn't do that.