BNJMNBanks@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhatsapp is going to run terribly...www.androidcentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1338arrow-down1external-linkWhatsapp is going to run terribly...www.androidcentral.comBNJMNBanks@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square158fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregohixo9650linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThat EU proposal is definitely not good. I don’t know what you’ve read but it practice it will require to ban all open source chat applications https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/2/1/eu-chat-control-law-will-ban-open-source-operating-systems/
minus-squaremiss_brainfart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat you’re linking to is about their proposition of chat control for CSAM scanning, which is a completely separate thing from the Digital Markets Act that will force big Messengers to become interoperable.
minus-squaregohixo9650linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoyou’re actually right. I had merged these 2 in my head because of the other issue that arises from this requirement which will affect the security of the apps, especially in apps that work with e2e encryption. e2e interoperability is kinda impossible to be implemented especially in the current deadlines. You can read more about it here https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/eu-digital-markets-acts-interoperability-rule-addresses-important-need-raises
minus-squaremiss_brainfart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf only there were good, open standards everyone could use, right?
minus-squaregohixo9650linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agolmao, no no, the proprietary standards that one company uses are much better than the proprietary standards of their competitor. Everyone knows that!
minus-squarechepox@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI read an article about. Here is another one. Doesn’t seem to mention any of the effects on Foss software so I might be out of the loop. https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22995431/european-union-digital-markets-act-imessage-whatsapp-interoperable
That EU proposal is definitely not good. I don’t know what you’ve read but it practice it will require to ban all open source chat applications https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/2/1/eu-chat-control-law-will-ban-open-source-operating-systems/
What you’re linking to is about their proposition of chat control for CSAM scanning, which is a completely separate thing from the Digital Markets Act that will force big Messengers to become interoperable.
you’re actually right. I had merged these 2 in my head because of the other issue that arises from this requirement which will affect the security of the apps, especially in apps that work with e2e encryption. e2e interoperability is kinda impossible to be implemented especially in the current deadlines. You can read more about it here https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/eu-digital-markets-acts-interoperability-rule-addresses-important-need-raises
If only there were good, open standards everyone could use, right?
lmao, no no, the proprietary standards that one company uses are much better than the proprietary standards of their competitor. Everyone knows that!
I read an article about. Here is another one. Doesn’t seem to mention any of the effects on Foss software so I might be out of the loop.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22995431/european-union-digital-markets-act-imessage-whatsapp-interoperable