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Re:UK spy boss warns of technology terror risk by dharma1 on Thursday September 17, 2015 @10:51AM (#10233659)
Paper aside, I don't see how it would be viable for UK to try to enforce back doors all electronics, ban the import of non-back doored electronics, or enforce a ban on encryption software.

You can make it illegal but it won't stop people from using it

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Re:UK spy boss warns of technology terror risk by Joeboy on Thursday September 17, 2015 @11:24AM (#10233848)
There's also no way they can stop all drug deals, bank robberies and murders, but they still legislate against those things, and I believe that legislation affects people's behaviour.

People will probably always be able to get together in secret underground clubs where they play with one time pads for kicks. This is not what the government / MI5 are seeking to prevent.

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Re:UK spy boss warns of technology terror risk by dharma1 on Thursday September 17, 2015 @01:28PM (#10234786)
If they are trying to prevent major crime or acts of terror with this, it seems like it's doomed to fail - those people will not care whether encryption is legal or not
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