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Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by thehardsphere on Sunday March 26, 2017 @08:23AM (#13960405)
Given that even the most totalitarian states eventually fail and don't ever have complete and total control over the entire populace, I think you're correct that it will not be enough.

What they really need is to invent time travel, and murder Ada Lovelace.

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Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by M_Grey on Sunday March 26, 2017 @08:56AM (#13960526)
That should be a canonical test for the implausibility of any policy. "Do we need to invent a time machine for this to work?"
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