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Re:Times Pulls Article Blaming Encryption in Paris Terror At... by acveilleux on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @09:59AM (#10581419)
The ideal scenario for the NSA-types is "unbreakable" crypto with a built-in NSA-only escrow/backdoor and possibly a secondary backdoor for five eyes allies (with domestic traffic free of 5-eyes backdoor.)

Suspension of disbelief on security of escrow mechanism is a necessary pre-condition.

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Re:Times Pulls Article Blaming Encryption in Paris Terror At... by trist on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @11:19AM (#10582026)
Fortunately that unicorn has been shot in the nineties already. Several times. Still, it won't completely die.
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