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Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ... by aianus on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @01:29AM (#10579486)
> The threat of these sorts of attacks is increasing

Any data to back that up? 9/11 was by far the worst and that was 14 years ago. Seems to me Islamic terrorism is hanging pretty steady at a 'virtually non-existent' level.

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Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ... by x5n1 on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @01:35AM (#10579503)
Depends on which countries you are talking about, if you are talking about Western countries ... then yes... If you are talking about Muslim countries then no...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_%28non-state%29_terror...

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Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @02:17AM (#10579635)
Well, but if the East has problems with terrorist attacks, then there's exactly zero reason why the West should be giving up their liberties because of that.
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