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		userbinator on Feb 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU The reason is always the same: if you are found to be using the circumventing tech., you'll likely be in breach of the law, which will give the goons a legitimate reason to come and harass you. Not if almost everyone does it at once.

johngladtj on Feb 3, 2023 [–]

Then it lets them crack down on anyone they find inconvenient.

Omnicriminalization is not a good thing for the rule of law, much less for opponents of the people in charge

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