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		eternityforest on July 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-e... It's amazing that we have GDPR and attempts at encryption bans, at the same time, on the same planet.

friend_and_foe on July 24, 2023 [–]

In many cases, in the same countries.

eternityforest on July 24, 2023 | [–]

And with seemingly far more public interest in GDPR-like stuff than protecting encryption rights.

It almost seems like they're both driven by the same anti-tech sentiment, and encryption isn't as important when you really want no tech at all. Scary!

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