Privacy

4773 readers

587 users here now

Icon base by Lorc under CC BY 3.0 with modifications to add a gradient

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

Ategon@programming.dev

danielintempesta@programming.dev

215

Chat Control 1.0 HAS PASSED (mastodon.social)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by unglueclass23@programming.dev to c/privacy@programming.dev

48 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

it is dragnet mass surveillance, something I detest as it makes everyone guilty by default

We have it here in Australia:

Law enforcement agencies are being provided with the web browsing histories of people under investigation using mandatory data retention powers, despite the federal government specifically excluding that practice in the legislation, the commonwealth ombudsman has warned.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/07/web-browsing-histories-are-being-given-to-australian-police-under-data-retention-powers