aidan

That's not nice

Why?

Why would it?

Idk, it almost just depresses me to look at it. Something about it feels like 2000s benign

Time to do steganography to talk to my friends I guess

Sadly it seems like most of Europe and potentially other "western" countries will follow

The EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026.

https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/european-police-chiefs-call-for-industry-and-governments-to-take-action-against-end-to-end-encryption-roll-out

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/07/european-threat-to-end-to-end-encryption-would-invade-phones/

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/

https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/

Yep lol

https://www.theverge.com/policy/621848/uk-killing-encryption-e2e-apple-adp-privacy