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That has got to be the worst take I've seen in Lemmy ever.
No, it really isn't.
If it becomes illegal for Americans to cross a digital bridge into Switzerland, the fight is as good as over.
Trump is transactional. If a few tweets praising him prevents him from going after encryption, every group he is going after will be overall safer.
not only do we have the freedom angle to look at, we also have the geopolitical angle to look at here. This is the CEO of a private corporation owned by a non-profit foundation, itself a branch off of a scientific organization funded by a state whose entire existence so far is predicated upon selling secret freedoms to all who can pay, not just those who are the correct people.
The VPN and encryption software is likely to be illegal. The foundation who sells it may already be running afoul of newly signed executive orders. And the state who houses them is once again staring down the face of all it's customers going to war against each other.
If all it costs to keep the bridge to Switzerland open for Americans is a few empty words, than pay the cost. It is that valuable.