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fxtentacle 2 days ago

I look forward to soon reading about Peter Hummelgaard's leaked private emails in the newspapers. Let's hope (for him) that he was right about not needing any privacy or encryption. And let's hope his friends/family agree.

askonomm 2 days ago | parent [-]

Well according to the Chat Control legislation proposal, politicians are, of course, exempt from monitoring.

mrighele 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Note that he said "everyone's civil liberty". It means that he thinks that it is not everybody's right, not that it is nobody's right. They want to keep the right for themselves.

dathinab 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

it's very ironic that they don't realize that this really doesn't work that way in practice

whatever backdoor you put in

- will be used for industry espionage

- will be used against politicians where it's supposed shouldn't apply

- will be used by state actors systematically destabilize EU countries if the relationship with US, China, Russia get's worse (e.g. "ups, I spoofed non encrypted message and no it looks like the prime minister is a pedo" kind of situations)

mcv 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because everybody knows that politicians are immune to the temptations of child porn...

Almondsetat 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Politicians' work emails are exempt, but private ones as citizens aren't

willi59549879 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

those are the only people who should never be exempt

l-one-lone 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Nope. That's not true. There is a provision that exempts people working for state security (e.g. spies), not politicians. Please don't make up stuff: this proposed law is already bad enough.

troyvit 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I think (or hope) that the point of the parent was to leak his emails anyway just so he gets a taste of what it's like for citizens to live in the society he wants to create. Personally I get the sense that politicians are too narcissistic to learn a lesson from that but it would still be fun.