There is no "good will" argument being made here. The state doesn't care about good, it cares about it's own survival. Being independent from foreign interference in the software they use and having deep insight into what residents within the territory of that state are talking about are critical to that mission. It has nothing to do with morals. It is a machine.

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steinvakt2 2 hours ago | parent [-]

EU chat control is also better than American government spying on American tech companies (which is effectively a kind of EU Chat Control, except its USA who gets to spy). Both are bad, but one is less bad.

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wolvoleo an hour ago | parent [-]

True, at least the EU does it above board. No secret court backroom shenanigans.

I'm still super opposed to chatcontrol but at least it's in the open for us to fight.

	▲	guerrilla an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I agree with you both. Lesser evils do exist. At least there's some pretense of democracy and not just spy on everyone without limit without telling anyone. If it wasn't for Snowden, it'd still just be us "conspiracy theorists". (Anyone remember the 90s?)