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Re:Apple's Tim Cook defends encryption. When will other tech... by awqrre on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @03:39PM (#10785509)
I'm sure what Google did helps curtail mass surveillance, but they still hold all the data unencrypted, no?
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Re:Apple's Tim Cook defends encryption. When will other tech... by Oletros on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @06:58PM (#10786359)
> but they still hold all the data unencrypted, no?

I think no

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Re:Apple's Tim Cook defends encryption. When will other tech... by awqrre on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @07:44PM (#10786478)
Even if the user-data is encrypted, they have the keys to decrypt it.
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Re:Apple's Tim Cook defends encryption. When will other tech... by Oletros on Thursday December 24, 2015 @02:50AM (#10787485)
And? Like all the usuals suspects like Microsoft and Apple.
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Re:Apple's Tim Cook defends encryption. When will other tech... by awqrre on Friday December 25, 2015 @08:12PM (#10792885)
I was not implying that anyone was doing it right (end-to-end encryption)
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