• Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
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    14 days ago

    If it’s client side then pedos will just strip it out and keep on going. It’s a giant waste of time.

    • gjoel@programming.dev
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      14 days ago

      Or, you know, trivially circumvent it? Compress media, break up URLs? I don’t understand how this could possibly be effective.

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.zip
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        14 days ago

        Any circumvention argument misses the point.

        90% of people won’t. The remaining 10% will be flagged and can be scrutinized more manually (without any violence which will get into news). It’s the way any surveillance works. Which is why non-backdoored e2e encryption for everyone in everything everywhere and death of centralized services are important to fight surveillance.

        It’s like flowers covering body parts on photos, we kinda guess what’s there. If the whole photo is covered with flowers, that’s another story.

    • Crismus@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      It’s really all about having a way to get past encryption so they can spy on everyone indiscriminately. It’s pushed that it’s to save kids and unmask pedos, but the people in charge know the pedophiles are their rich donors.

      It’s about controlling opposition and making sure the wealthy can stay on top. Imagine if no small business can hide their information from their competitors.