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Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ... by adrianN on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @04:14AM (#10579971)
Encrypted traffic is pretty easy to detect. If only terrorists use encryption, you can catch them easily.
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Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ... by ionised on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @05:32AM (#10580225)
The amount of encrypted traffic in use by normal people every day far outweighs that of any terrorists.
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Re:Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible ... by SideburnsOfDoom on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @04:36AM (#10580041)
If only pigs could fly, then any flying animal would be a pig. But.

Banks use encryption too.

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