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Re:Australian PM Calls for End-To-End Encryption Ban by nl on Saturday July 15, 2017 @02:42AM (#14775328)
A bullet killing a person is the 'law of physics'. It doesn't mean it can't be outlawed.

In fact, I'd make the case that it is horrifying that anyone reading that statement doesn't understand exactly what it means.

Don't underestimate your opponents here. They are smart, well educated and know what is possible and what isn't.

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Re:Australian PM Calls for End-To-End Encryption Ban by avh02 on Saturday July 15, 2017 @07:09AM (#14776092)
>A bullet killing a person is the 'law of physics'. It doesn't mean it can't be outlawed.

Illegal or not, it actually still happens, this is a fact that can not be argued. Pretending that making it illegal automatically stops all bad things from happening is also bad.

All that said, I'm pretty glad that hurling bullets is not legal because shooting someone is rarely ever good (argue self-defence, etc) but the whole privacy debate is a different monster.

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Re:Australian PM Calls for End-To-End Encryption Ban by nl on Saturday July 15, 2017 @08:39AM (#14776374)
I'm not sure what you think I disagree with here?
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