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jruohonen 6 hours ago

Google "security despite encryption" etc. It is some good rhetorical manipulation a'la EU over again.

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dgellow 5 hours ago | parent [-]

We see it in the EU here but the groups pushing for that are everywhere, including the US, UK, Australia, etc

So frustrating to go though that exact same debate every few years

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microtonal 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Indeed. This is also why we should resist getting locked further into the Apple/Google duopoly. In such closed systems it will be straightforward to require backdoors. Much harder if we have general-purpose computers that we can run our own software on.

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nerdalytics 5 hours ago | parent [-]

That's why for wallet features only Apple and Google are allowed. Condition everyone picking only iOS or Android, but not Linux, or others.

	▲	inigyou 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This is why you shouldn't use a phone wallet. Doesn't your bank give you a card?
	▲	microtonal 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yep, conversely, this wouldn't have happened if we had a healthy mobile ecosystem.