Opening and searching people's mail was very illegal up until the last decade or so. Now there seems to be a big push to let the RCMP do whatever they want.

That's always been a red line for me. If we lose that, we are at the mercy of the gizmos true owner. Maybe the true owner is benevolant. Or maybe they aren't. Either way! A golden cage is still a cage!

My friends don't feel that way. TBH I only do b/c my pa is an old mainframe guy and after personal computing arose he had C64's and stuff. Those oldschool home computers answered to the human at the kb. I picked up his values. Digital gizmos should answer to me, not to BigTechCo. B/c BigTechCo can be pressured. It can change ownership and policies overnight. Then everyone loses their computing freedom at once.

An app that isn't complying with any local law is the only app that you can't actually lose. So if they do the right thing, humanity gains. Unless you want them to comply with the law?

Ugh saaame

But also doable and works as an excuse for all kinds of enforcement.