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Re:Obama Has Gotten 3,000+ Tweets about Encryption. Let’s Do... by erikpukinskis on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @11:51PM (#11350461)
He doesn't need to "govern" all of software. He just wants to control the dominant platforms, so some percentage of law enforcement efforts can get a little traction there. The fact that a percentage of criminals will use encryption anyway is unavoidable they're not trying to stop that.
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Re:Obama Has Gotten 3,000+ Tweets about Encryption. Let’s Do... by studentrob on Thursday March 24, 2016 @01:16AM (#11350731)
He has not said that, nor has any representative or DOJ official.
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