melaviola

Chat control will eventually pass because it’s NOT about child protection. It’s about institutional expansion masquerading as security policy. Europol stands to triple his staff and massively expand his power. An entire EU Centre will be created with ongoing funding. Once these institutions are built, once the infrastructure exists and the budget is allocated, scaling back becomes politically impossible. We’ve seen this pattern before. The Patriot Act. And the question will be: “what else can we do with it?” This is how mission creep works: build the infrastructure for one purpose, then discover - conveniently - that it can serve many others. Today’s is CSAM. Tomorrow it’s “extremist” content monitoring. This is securitocracy in action.

A heartbreaking injustice. Keonne Rodriguez has been sentenced to 5 years in prison and fined $250,000 for creating Samourai Wallet. The judge called privacy “anti-social,” ignoring the real threats faced by ordinary people. Those with courage pay for the indifference of those who refuse to see how brutal this war will be.

Julius Caesar figured this out in 50 BC with a stick and some scratches. We are working on quantum computers and we’re still explaining why backdoors don’t discriminate between good and bad guys. Have a great Global Encryption Day! 🙃 This is not a policy debate. It’s collective amnesia. October 21, 2025

Yes, Signal uses AWS. Yes, that’s ironic. But end-2-end encryption still protects your content. The real vulnerability? Metadata, especially for targeted by state surveillance (journalists and activists in hostile environments). That’s why proposal like Chat Control are so dangerous: they target the only thing that actually works when infrastructure can’t be trusted.

I still have last night’s music in my ears. But I’m also that annoying person who reminds you that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Welcome to the encryption war. Democratic governments are systematically breaking digital privacy. Here’s the global map of surveillance ➡️

So… today was supposed to be the day. Denmark’s Justice Minister, Peter Hummelgaard, wanted the EU Council to vote on ChatControl. He failed. 🎉 But make no mistake: they’ll try again. The proposal isn’t dead. It’s just paused. New negotiations are already happening behind closed doors, and they’ll be back with “compromises” that sound harmless but change everything. Because Chat Control isn’t about “safety.” It’s about control. This isn’t how you protect people. This is how you build a surveillance state. And that’s why today’s defeat matters so much.👇

I’ve been reporting on #chatcontrol proposal since 2023, together with many others across Europe. So far it hasn’t reached a majority, but the Danish presidency (strongly in favor) could shift the balance and actually force apps to scan every conversation and every photo before encryption, using unreliable AI, while government and military accounts remain exempt. A future that #signal has already said it will never accept, even if it means leaving Europe for good. Let’s be clear: this is not about protecting children. It’s about creating a mass-surveillance infrastructure that destroys encryption and puts the privacy of 450 million EU citizens at risk. Even the EU’s own legal services admit the proposal violates fundamental rights. Germany’s Constitutional Court has already declared similar attempts at mass data retention unconstitutional. And yet, here we are again. And we must not forget: who benefits. Independent research has shown strong lobbying behind Chat Control from companies and AI industry groups, eager to profit if Europeans’ communications are monitored 24/7. It’s no coincidence: more data to scan means more power and more money for those who build surveillance systems. Child protection is the new pretext, but the real driver is a billion-euro business. Two key dates are around the corner: > #October9: German ministers meet to decide their stance on Chat Control (Germany has a decisive influence and seems once again inclined to vote in favor). > #October14: Denmark will push for a final Council vote. We cannot allow Chat Control to become law. We cannot accept opaque algorithms deciding which private messages and photos get flagged or archived forever. We cannot let the EU break encryption. The time to act is now. Please visit at: fightchatcontrol.eu/about

If I must show a government ID before speaking my heart, what remains of free speech?

Not much need to be added.

A backdoor for the “good guys only” doesn’t exist. And the “good guys” don’t exist either.

Even kittens need a corner where nobody’s watching.

Me: values privacy. You: thinks that’s suspicious. Them: mission accomplished.

⛔️ The internet is changing. In the UK, you now need to show ID just to listen, watch, or post. Spotify asks for your passport. Reddit wants your selfie. YouTube scans your face. This isn’t “safety.” It’s #surveillance. And every new database becomes a target waiting to be hacked. The web was built for openness. Now it’s being rebuilt around checkpoints. No ID, no entry. The path forward lies in #decentralization. Peer-to-peer networks, encrypted communications, and distributed platforms offer ways to connect without gatekeepers. These technologies restore the internet’s original promise: open access to information and the freedom to communicate without requiring anyone’s permission. The open web is being enclosed behind checkpoints. But technology that prizes #privacy and resists #surveillance remains within reach if we choose to build and use it before the door closes entirely.

Doxxing people for being assholes might feel human, but it’s a dangerous slope. Normalize it now, and tomorrow it’s not trolls, it’s dissent. Anonymity isn’t a bug of the internet. It’s a feature. Even when it protects idiots, it protects the people who really need it.

That’s my kind of roller coasters.

On my way to @BTCPrague. Who else? (Keep calm, it’s just Bologna Airport.)

🇮🇹 June 2, 1946 Italy becomes a Republic Women vote for the first time 21 women join Parliament Not bad for a Monday! Hope you have celebrated!!

If you want to preserve value on an open-source protocol like Bitcoin, you need to protect privacy and fungibility. There’s no choice.

Governments don't have a Bitcoin problem. They have a non-KYC Bitcoin problem. That's really all there is to it .

Buy Stack Spend Replace Love Again