Seems like this time around we only know this because of a leaked memo. We have very little power to push back and the people representing the countries in the EU are not even elected by the people.

In what way? We're paying them to hurt us over and over again, and nothing we can do as they're an unelected patriciate.

At this point, i think civically pushing back is the wrong way. They need to understand that such behavior is abusive and needs to stop. I think throwing bricks would be the better way of "pushing back" here. I.e., we say NO once, maybe twice, but the third time we throw bricks. The current shitshow is unacceptable. Even a toddler would behave more sensible than the EU commission. What the heck do we need that trainwreck of an organization for? They get paid a shitload of money while being the stupidest, most arrogant and removed from reality people i know.

5 july foundation wrote a blogpost about why we should send postcards instead:

Here is your chance to put pressure on MEPs to stick to their no to Chat Control 2 in a simple way.

As we have previously reported, there are signs that the European Parliament's unanimous no to Chat Control 2 may be loosening - now that the EU elections are behind us.

So they may need some external pressure. This often happens with various email campaigns - which can easily be dismissed as spam and mass mailings.

However, something that usually bites is physical mail. Thousands of emails are the order of the day when things get heated in the European Parliament. But 25 physical letters are considered a public outcry.

So proud that my country is already opposing! Don't have to do anything now (except for spreading the word, naturally).

It's the government's job, we pay them for it, why should I be wasting my time for free to do their job, after all? Just fire your governments and hire someone better suited for the task!

done! that site makes it incredibly easy, thank you.

I tried do it today and email got rejected by the recipient.

Maybe many of them have already put a filter list to thrown the email directly to spam or not even be accepted by the mta.

The most effective way to fight this might be to build consensus around a less criminally insane way to do this.

There fundamentally is no less criminally insane way to do this. After WW2, there was a consensus in germany to not surveil its own citizens (as had happened during the Nazi times). This EU proposal goes starkly against that, and seemingly ignores all of the other blatant problems. The EU commission gets paid a shitload of money per year sothat they make meaningful proposals. This is hardly it. They need to prove they're worth their salt by doing basic thinking and figuring out that such a proposal as is now on the table is not even worth being discussed, it should be discarded immediately.

XMPP can be hosted over TOR.

Find a yank you can trust and have him set you up a vps and a relay.

Hell, it might be how I fund my retirement.

Who's to connect to?

blocked by The Great Bigly Supreme American Trump Firewall

Soon we'll all be the slaves we pretend we aren't already.

just fucking vote for other politicans

This is where we were at just a year ago. Make the right choice, Europe. Learn from our mistakes, really.

Signed,

sigh

An American

Encryption is irrelevant if they have keyloggers logging every keystroke before it is even encrypted.