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Re:Senate encryption bill draft mandates 'technical assistance' by twinkletwinkle on Friday April 08, 2016 @05:22PM (#11458119)
Your argument is excellent and in every way correct.

It's also too subtle and abstract to ever compete with "Apple is helping Terrorists hide stuff!"

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Re:Senate encryption bill draft mandates 'technical assistance' by marcosdumay on Friday April 08, 2016 @05:42PM (#11458285)
Did "Apple is helping terrorists!" really got traction in the US?

From far away, it didn't look like it did.

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Re:Senate encryption bill draft mandates 'technical assistance' by rayiner on Friday April 08, 2016 @06:47PM (#11458703)
It got plenty of traction among key demographics. It's a good populist talking point and Trump brought it up a number of times. The kernel of truth in the messages is: whatever the right policy happens to be, it's not Apple's call to make. The elected government should decide the balance to strike between protecting communications and keeping us safe from terrorists.
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