Comment by amelius
Comment by amelius 3 days ago
Moving to the EU becomes a more appealing option every day.
Comment by amelius 3 days ago
Moving to the EU becomes a more appealing option every day.
This is false, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46063166
The Chat Control problem isn't nearly as final as some news sources try to brand it. They were running up against deadlines and submitted their work knowing statistically their proposal would get shot down based on existing voting rounds.
I, too, would rather see this bullshit die in committee before reaching the next stage, but this bullshit can still be stopped.
In the EU, eCall is mandatory and disabling it fails most roadworthiness checks and voids most insurance policies, so it doesn't help much.
Also, while the EU does (for now) have stronger privacy protections for citizens against corporate interests, the opposite is true in most EU countries for Government surveillance.
eCall has very strong privacy protections, see Article 6: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2015/758/oj
While eCall has some weak privacy protections (it's open to all the standard cellular network surveillance lawful in each country), it also means you cannot disable the vehicle's modem in most (maybe all) EU countries with failing roadworthiness checks and insurance policies.
eCall mustn't be active until an accident occurs. The lawful interception lobby tried hard to turn every car into a free data point they could sell to the government, but their efforts have failed.
Last I heard they've shifted their efforts to making remote activation of on-board cameras part of the 5/6G smart car bullshit (which will of course be part of road safety requirments not long after).
This crap is being done because of EU rules. It's "for your protection." The vehicles are being secured from you.
https://www.coro.net/blog/what-new-eu-cybersecurity-rules-me...
https://www.dw.com/en/new-eu-cybersecurity-rules-push-carmak...
Greetz from Germany, we have Chat Control now even though we've been trying to reject it for at least 3 years.
Autocracy is just everywhere these days, Noah get the boat.