cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/59613920
Mullvad also pointed to other instances of alleged attempts to “escalate censorship and mass surveillance” in the UK, citing efforts to force Apple to install backdoors in its end-to-end encrypted cloud service, proposals that could introduce “client-side scanning and government spyware on all UK phones”, and government plans to fast-track legislation requiring identity verification for VPN use.
Once again illustrating our leaders and their appointees across the west but especially in the UK and US, think the republic(s) are already dead in all but name, and acquiescing to the demands of the oligarchy over their duty as agents of the state they work for.
This seems like a good issue to attack hard, to organize people around, and force the guy who made this call out of his position, as it’s a corrupt repudiation of the freedoms of the country and spites their long held freedoms of freedom of expression and dissent.
While they need all new leadership, this isn’t a bad place to start, as these attempts to surrender their citizenry to tech need to be stopped by any means.