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KDE Vision needs an exception for benevolent Western democracies
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I just can't understand how, considering KDE's Vision, KDE isn't screaming from the rooftops (a la SOPA, with banners and even in-app nag bars), about EARN IT Act, Chat Control and Online Safety Bill.

To be enforced, these bills would require a complete and radical crackdown on all hardware and software that "puts the user in the driver's seat," as the KDE Vision put its. The silence suggests that the KDE developers are in fact agreeing to these policies.

If so, KDE should add a clear exception to the KDE Vision for benevolent Western democracies, as pursuing it in its current form will soon become illegal.

• lordhelpus created this task.Jul 13 2023, 5:43 AM
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If so, KDE should add a clear exception to the KDE Vision for benevolent Western

Wording like this does not help convince people to join your mission but instead close this whole issue off hand.

• lordhelpus added a comment.EditedJul 13 2023, 7:58 AM
In T16730#295630, @davidedmundson wrote:

Wording like this does not help convince people to join your mission but instead close this whole issue off hand.

So tell me which words can convince you. Please?

I sincerely don't understand how, if you truly believed in KDE's current vision, those beliefs haven't already compelled you to at least make a public statement against such Orwellian backdoors. Especially considering that KDE maintains a GPG GUI and its own end-to-end encrypted messengers...

I asked you to help me understand and you refused.

So I thought maybe I got everything wrong, and because all rights have limits, etc., total surveillance by a benevolent party doesn't count as an invasion of privacy or loss of user control.

But now I suggest updating your vision document to recognize this, but it makes make you angry? I really don't understand, I'm lost.