I agree. If someone is happy for a government worker/algorithm to snoop through ...

tremon · 2026-01-13T15:01:53 1768316513

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

rdm_blackhole · 2026-01-13T15:19:54 1768317594

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 · 2026-01-13T13:23:47 1768310627

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 · 2026-01-13T13:31:20 1768311080

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

Natfan · 2026-01-15T11:17:45 1768475865

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.