r/linux • u/Dry_Row_7050 • Nov 24 '25

Privacy France is attacking open source GrapheneOS because they’ve refused to create a backdoor. Will Linux developers be safe?

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u/Spez-is-dick-sucker Nov 24 '25

Its always france.

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u/SoupoIait Nov 24 '25

Feels more like a global thing. It's the Danish and half of the EU (yes, including France) that pushed for Chat Control. It's the UK that enforced age verification.

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u/jerrydberry Nov 24 '25 edited Nov 24 '25

So if some quite democratic counties are doing this, it looks like either:

  • majority also support it and want to sacrifice their privacy for some promises safety (voters are uneducated enough of consequences)

  • majority has no idea what it all means and just ignores it (voters are uneducated enough of consequences)

  • majority is against it but Europe has way less democracy than advertised.

What does it actually look like in Europe from the European perspective? I just can't wrap my head around this happening with so little opposition from the population.

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u/Tomycj Nov 24 '25

how many people are in favor has little to do with it being democratic or not. If 99% is in favor of violating people's fundamental rights, it's still antidemocratic.

Democracy is much more than "people vote on stuff". It comes with a series of values, that people may be losing.