"Encryption is an important tool for preserving privacy in a decentralised system. It ensures that the only people who can access data are those who are explicitly granted the keys. By coupling decentralisation with encryption, we can achieve optimal privacy and sovereignty on the web. #privacy #individualsovereignty"

“European Commission announced … follow-up legislation that will make the use of chatcontrol mandatory for all e-mail and messenger providers.”

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/message-screening/

Guess what isn’t covered by this? Yes, the Small Web. Is it time to take the idea that we could all own our own places on the Web and communicate with each other privately seriously? I think so, at least.

https://small-tech.org/research-and-development/

#smallWeb #individualSovereignty #personhood #humanRights #democracy #technology

Messaging and Chat Control

The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence The EU decided to let providers search all private chats, messages, and emails automatically for suspicious content - generally and indiscriminately. The stated aim: To prosecute child pornography. The result: Mass surveillance by means of fu

Patrick Breyer

Big Tech: a handful of kings
Federation: lots of smaller kings
Small Tech: no kings

#SmallTech #SmallWeb #SingleTenant #IndividualSovereignty #Personhood