Post #1479715
2026-02-17 20:01 UTC
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@g400@mastodon.ie 2026-02-17 20:59
@alexanderdyas @hypolite @mullvadnet I like that idea. 👍 It feels like politicians (and those that advise them) always pursue the worst technical solution to a problem. The "problem" of end-to-end encryption is another area where there's no shortage of political ideas that would cause more problems than they'd solve.
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@project1enigma@chaos.social 2026-02-17 22:27
@alexanderdyas @hypolite @mullvadnet It's not just IT specific. It's human rights/freedoms issues. But then the UK doesn't have much of a constitution that would be protected from simple parliament majorities IIRC?
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@djstreethawk@mastodon.scot 2026-02-18 00:05
@alexanderdyas @hypolite @mullvadnet lmao Listening to the advice of civil servants in their areas of expertise You are a card!!
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@alexanderdyas@mindly.social 2026-02-18 07:19
@hypolite @mullvadnet One of the big problems is the 4 year election cycle, knowledge and real world experience don’t have much of a say when each successive government has its own ideas and wants to make a name for themselves. That and shuffling politicians between posts, one month you’re head of transport for the whole country, the next you’re supposed to be responsible for the health service. Like you’re so competent you can manage such diverse areas with aplomb. Also, a head in the sand approach to what works the best. An other country may have solved a particular problem but we can’t be seen to be adopting their great idea because we have to come up with it ourselves and ignore the received wisdom, spend years implementing it and finding out it doesn’t work when the work has already been done.