Of all the thing the people are worried about and would want legislation to get more protection from, criminals communicating in secret is pretty damn low on the priority list. Especially when their “solution” for it is so damn invasive to everyone.
How about they do something about the increasingly invasive data collection everyone is being subject to by big tech whether they want to or not? You can’t even buy a car anymore that doesn’t come with a built-in location tracker.
Of all the thing the people are worried about and would want legislation to get more protection from, criminals communicating in secret is pretty damn low on the priority list. Especially when their “solution” for it is so damn invasive to everyone.
How about they do something about the increasingly invasive data collection everyone is being subject to by big tech whether they want to or not? You can’t even buy a car anymore that doesn’t come with a built-in location tracker.
I would rather get legal protection from criminals attacking me.
For example, scammers, spammers, and malware spreaders who want to steal my identity and/or money.
Legislating new vulnerabilities into my devices make those worse!
Edit: immagine a world where instead of weakening security, legislators were working to stop this: https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites
If a public service isn’t safe for criminals to communicate anymore, they’ll just use something else. Plain and simple.
And so all the legislators end up doing, effectively, is to trample on everyone else’s privacy.