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8 in 10 Europeans don’t trust US, Chinese firms with data (www.politico.eu)
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[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s the EU trying to read everyone’s chat messages because .001% of the population might use the technology for sending CSAM.

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

It’s the EU trying to read everyone’s chat messages because .001% of the population might use the technology for sending CSAM.

That's only the excuse the politicians are using. In reality there's a combination of intelligence services and datamining operations pushing for scanning ordinary law-abiding citizens communications.