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The “Nude” Ultimatum: Privacy is Dead (the.unknown-universe.co.uk)

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The UK government is giving Apple and Google three months to build on-device scanning infrastructure. This isn't about child safety; it's about the end of private devices and the death of the "nothing to hide" fallacy.

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[-] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

That always works, that or “terrorism”.

Seems like a good place to leave this link. For those who haven't seen it,

Timothy May, 1988, the Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse.

Fun fact. Timothy May was also the guy who discovered in 1979 that low level radiation was causing memory errors in computers.

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