[hkon]

Does anyone really think it won't pass?

[TheChaplain]

It will, in one form or another. And after some time there are enough boiled frogs for further privacy invasive measures.

[stephen_g]

Every time Chat Control comes up, people do chime in and say talking about it like it's going to pass is 'alarmism', but every time it's raised again it gets closer.

The European people are being worn down, eventually those who want this will get it through - and unfortunately this kind of thing is extremely difficult to repeal (think of the children!)

[jMyles]

In the legislative sense, it might eventually pass.

As has happened in every case so far (with increasing intensity and ease), the internet will route around it.

[Bender]

the internet will route around it

How will the internet route around client side scanning? Some here will not be affected but I suspect the masses would have a harder time assuming they are even aware that cell phones, Windows recall and Mac mediaanalysisd are performing scans. Most people do not install custom phone OS images.

[int_19h]

Someone who needs to route around censorship in Russia today needs to be fairly technically proficient; I wouldn't say there's any "increasing intensity and ease", quite the opposite. The holes are getting narrower, and the effort needed to use them properly gets higher.

[mvanbaak]

Of course it will pass. Think of the children

[saubeidl]

It might pass, but if it does, the courts will strike it down. Separation of powers still works in the EU.