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Comment by DrMandalay | original | Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
[−]DrMandalay · 2026-08-30 Sun 09:58 UTC · link
GCHQ has done it's job of obfuscating it's existence pretty well, for most Brits to still think they've had any privacy at all for the last few decades.
[−]p-e-w · 2026-08-30 Sun 10:25 UTC · link
That’s tinfoil hat nonsense. Of course there is privacy, otherwise those agencies wouldn’t be constantly lobbying for more invasive surveillance powers. What would be the point of that, if they could already read everything?
[−]t1E9mE7JTRjf · 2026-08-30 Sun 10:49 UTC · link
those agencies aren't the ones lobbying. take a look at the 'ngos' lobbying for chat control.
[−]mrkeen · 2026-08-30 Sun 10:57 UTC · link
[−]p-e-w · 2026-08-30 Sun 11:26 UTC · link
Yes, an article explaining online tracking proves the claim that “privacy doesn’t exist”.

I guess it is true for certain people who no longer distinguish between their life and browsing the web…