This feels like a false flag being pressured by corporate interests.
Government agency focused on citizen privacy suddenly hit by a corruption probe with no accusations or specifics.
What would corruption even mean in this case? They're being bribed to…point out Grok's deepfake porn? Warning about the dangers of AI? Fine companies for harming or misleading users?
This is a depressing reminder that institutional trust is fragile, even in privacy-forward institutions. The irony of a privacy watchdog potentially being compromised speaks to a more profound problem: we're placing too much trust in centralized authorities to protect our data.
This is partly why I am developing end-to-end encrypted solutions that are designed so that even we, as operators, cannot access the data. When mathematical principles replace institutional trust, individuals become less vulnerable to human corruption. Zero-knowledge systems aren't just theoretical elegance; they're practical insurance against exactly this scenario.
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Government agency focused on citizen privacy suddenly hit by a corruption probe with no accusations or specifics.
What would corruption even mean in this case? They're being bribed to…point out Grok's deepfake porn? Warning about the dangers of AI? Fine companies for harming or misleading users?
If so, let's get some more of that corruption!
This is partly why I am developing end-to-end encrypted solutions that are designed so that even we, as operators, cannot access the data. When mathematical principles replace institutional trust, individuals become less vulnerable to human corruption. Zero-knowledge systems aren't just theoretical elegance; they're practical insurance against exactly this scenario.
Cloudfare, insured by Mafia: you hit us, we hit you.