<story><title>ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due to &apos;age restriction&apos;</title><url>https://twitter.com/tutanotateam/status/1602968787766345728</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>warent</author><text>can someone explain to me in simple terms why governments have constant obsessions with IDing&amp;#x2F;tracking everyone everywhere all the time?</text></item><item><author>friend_and_foe</author><text>I want to see the shock on the faces of the people who support legislation like this for the sake of the children.&lt;p&gt;Of course this was going to happen. If it gets enough blowback there will be a statement claiming this was a mistake. But people warned everyone, scope creep is real, if you allow governments to restrict access for one reason they&amp;#x27;ll use it to restrict access for any and every reason. This starts with pornography, then it will be anonymous services to get around the anonymity, eventually it will be &amp;quot;please verify your identity to access internet services&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>unsupp0rted</author><text>Nobody in the government ever got fired for &amp;quot;erring on the side of caution&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>ThreeUK blocks access to encrypted provider Tutanota due to &apos;age restriction&apos;</title><url>https://twitter.com/tutanotateam/status/1602968787766345728</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>warent</author><text>can someone explain to me in simple terms why governments have constant obsessions with IDing&amp;#x2F;tracking everyone everywhere all the time?</text></item><item><author>friend_and_foe</author><text>I want to see the shock on the faces of the people who support legislation like this for the sake of the children.&lt;p&gt;Of course this was going to happen. If it gets enough blowback there will be a statement claiming this was a mistake. But people warned everyone, scope creep is real, if you allow governments to restrict access for one reason they&amp;#x27;ll use it to restrict access for any and every reason. This starts with pornography, then it will be anonymous services to get around the anonymity, eventually it will be &amp;quot;please verify your identity to access internet services&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pydry</author><text>It seems pretty natural to me. Government is dominated by people who want power and people who want power pretty much always want more power.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s only natural that they don&amp;#x27;t see themselves as the threat. To them the threat is criminals&amp;#x2F;terrorists, etc. and sacrificing our civil liberties would typically let them catch one or two more of those.</text></comment>