• slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Or people realise it’s the thin edge of the wedge.

    Look how much governments abuse data retention for law enforcement when the reason for storing the data is not for law enforcement.

    If the functionality is already in the system then what is stopping more governments requiring it or expanding it.

    • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip
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      3 days ago

      If the functionality is already in the system then what is stopping more governments requiring it or expanding it.

      Because having direct access to your system is something that would be incompatible with the constitution of most civilized countries and would therefore require massive legislative change. If a government is planning to do that, an additional field in systemd won’t be the change that tips the scales.

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        1 day ago

        The US government violates its own constitution all the time, that’s really not an impediment