[like_any_other]

Don't buy into that framing either. Optional scanning - if a user wants to, they are free to download government spyware onto their phone/computer and do all the scanning they want, local or otherwise. No new laws needed.

[rdm_blackhole]

I agree. If someone is happy for a government worker/algorithm to snoop through everything they send to anyone, feel free to opt in, just don't force us to participate.

[tremon]

But that someone is forcing all their contacts into the snooping scheme unless they never communicate with anyone.

[rdm_blackhole]

That is why I said for them and their family.

If you use app A and that app is scanned for "malicious" content then I will message you on app B where there is no such scanning. If you don't want to use app B then I guess we can't be friends.

I mean at some point you need to make some choices.

But the beauty is that if anyone wants to talk through app A exclusively and their contacts are happy to respond on the same platform, then they can do that.

The rest of us can use app B.

[Natfan]

if it provably isn't networked and is ephemeral with no logging, then i potentially don't have an issue with it

[like_any_other]

You have no issue with censorship, as long as there's no surveillance to go with it?

[Natfan]

parents should have government issued tools for safeguarding their children's devices.

it's insane that we have so many standards and guidance for how to keep children safe.

but when it comes to the internet, it's either a wild west with no restrictions, or huge government overreach that negatively impacts the adult community.

both are important.