Enter eIDAS.
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That a VPN automatically makes your online activities more private.
The Google Drive backups are not encrypted by default. It looks like they've recently added the option to encrypt backups with your own key or password, which is a decent feature.
The so called free world was never free.
I've been reading a lot about the chat control plans but hadn't seen this yet. Maybe this new eIDAS agreement is why the parliament has reportedly let chat control go for the time being?
In general it's quite shocking how easily the EU can propose, iterate, and often pass really insidious legislation very quietly.
Thanks for providing a source.
I am just reading this post now, I'm pleasantly surprised.
I am however also sure that chat control will be proposed in some form again, as truly private communications for the masses are a serious threat to oppressors.
Don't worry, chat control is coming to the EU soon and then the fun really starts.
This has been a thing for software licenses for a while, it was only a matter of time.
The nations perpetrating and supporting this should never be allowed to talk about press freedom ever again.
I'm open to suggestions as to how one does that while class still exists.
As far as I understand, this subscription "option" comes from a couple EU member state data protection agencies saying that the "choice" between give up all your personal information or don't use the service isn't good enough.
It remains to be seen if give up all your personal information or pay and still give up all your personal information will be accepted by those and other regulators. I can't imagine it will be.
Also fun fact, it costs more on the mobile apps as Meta passes the Play Store/App Store fees onto the end user.