Only because they really wanted to already. Boo

Because they're trying to suppress the public reaction.

You won't hear about this on prime-time TV news, and it’s even censored on some more popular parts of the internet, like Reddit.

yeah i keep thinking, we're not getting around the law. we have to get around an effective implementation though by using 3rd party platforms, i.e. ones that don't conform to legal pressure. i keep thinking we need to inform people¹ about ways of secure communication in the absence of big-platform support. i.e. how do we send encrypted messages outside of facebook. we need matrix chat with end-to-end encryption that actually works, does not rely on a central "identity confirmation" service but works end-to-end. So instead of saying "i want to connect to bob@server2.net" and looking up the bob@server2.net public key somewhere, you should ideally get the bob@server2.net public key directly from the other user, if you have the chance to meet them irl. it's the only way to actually secure end-to-end communication.

[1]: Note. This is very important. do NOT under no circumstances come up with the stupid ridiculous and outright dangerous notion that you're gonna convince large masses of the population to care about their privacy. there needs to be a bit of elitism in this.

It makes much more sense when you realize that most of the old, white men with money or political power are the ones looking at those sites.

Been building out a mesh network bit by bit locally. Its pretty cool.

You're still getting surveilled in real-life conversations ... if anyone in the conversation is stupid enough to bring their phone or other 'smart' device (including any modern car).

I don’t know a single person in real life that can maintain a conversation about this. And I keep looking.

Hey sudden increase of insurance price is just algorithm not that we sold your hashed house photos to the insurance company. There is no shazam for photos right ?

Fuck, my American is showing...

Proton is swiss, but they moved out data out of Switzerland because laws changed negatively. Not sure where it is now, but eu i believe