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+title:  Please think of the children!!!
+date:   Wed, 10 Sep 2025 02:15:23 +0200
+author: -fab- <fab@redterminal.org>
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<== tldr; ==>

This article concerns the intentions of governments to monitor
smartphones, the cloud, and all communications with artificial
intelligence. Ostensibly to combat the possession and distribution
of CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material). It's mainly a rant about
mass surveillance.

<== Mass Surveillance with AI ==>

I am convinced that mass surveillance of smartphones, the cloud,
all communication and the general public will become a reality
in the future. And this will happen with the help of ubiquitous
"artificial intelligence" so that comprehensive surveillance is
possible without needing too much personnel.

All of this is politically motivated by the desire to gain
comprehensive control over the population, for example, to take
action against political activism, actions that challenge the
government, or are subversive in any other way. Whistleblowers and
journalists are automatically targeted as well. Anyone who could
potentially bring compromising information against a government or
a large corporation to the public will be automatically monitored
and treated accordingly.

I assume that encryption for computers, communication, or in the
cloud will either legally require backdoors or be compromised
through governmental spyware in operating systems like Android or
IOS, allowing data to be accessed before encryption. All of this,
despite the dangers by hackers, foreign regimes, and other actors,
will in my opinion inevitably come to pass. And this will be the
end of privacy.

<== Won't somebody think of the children? ==>

Since the so-called "Crypto Wars" (which always come up again and
again) governments and parliaments have argued with the protection
of our children from child abuse as knockout argument, which they
claim can only be prevented if they have access to the encrypted
data.

That's complete nonsense. The fact is, the police and other
executive bodies *DO* have the means to combat child abuse and
other crimes using conventional methods. But they apparently
aren't using them. As far as child abuse is concerned, there are
constantly videos on YouTube showing private individuals and
journalists identifying perpetrators and holding them accountable.
Why can't the police do that? There's probably a deeper intention
at play here. In any case, widespread surveillance or weakening
encryption is not necessary for general crime prosecution and
prevention.

But the European Nations *will* become surveillance states, because
"it's possible" with AI.

<== The Consequences ==>

As most people know, online privacy is already dead (at least for
those who aren't familiar with technology). But mass surveillance
has even more far-reaching consequences.

Mass surveillance arouses desires within the governments and can
mean the end of civil rights and democracy. Dissidents disappear
into prisons and journalists only write propaganda. Activism
becomes very dangerous to impossible. Self-censorship, as is
already practiced on the internet today, extends to friends and
neighbors, and social isolation increases.

The consequences of comprehensive surveillance will bring about
political, economic, social, and psychological changes, all of
which are detrimental to the population.

And if the AfD comes to power in Germany, it already has a complete
tyranny it can take over.


But now enough of this blackpilled ranting.
All in all - Have fun as long as you can! 
-fab-