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0 pointskonschubert3y ago0 comments

I see your point. But I think there is also value in choosing your battles.

I would l rather see resources spent towards the defense against Russian aggression, instead of major IT projects with really unclear privacy impact.

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danaris3y ago

I very much doubt that there's any real need to be making decisions at that level. The money and other resources going to this IT effort is deeply unlikely to be anywhere close to the pots of money that would be considered for allocation against Russian aggression.

And given that this is in Denmark—which, while certainly within a zone of some concern, is hardly in any imminent danger from Russia—it seems to me that focusing on defending against Russian aggression, at the expense of effectively everything else, would be quite unproductive.

Or is it just that you don't think spending on maintaining privacy is worthwhile no matter what, and the Russia situation is a convenient distraction you can point to?

konschubertOP3y ago

I think privacy is important. I’m scared of the EU push to backdoor encryption, for example.

But I truly think that Russia is a bigger threat to the average danish citizen than the NSA.

For example: https://cphpost.dk/?p=131412

And yes, money gets moved between governments pots all the time.

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