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Re:Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones by rgbrenner on Saturday March 24, 2018 @03:15PM (#16668307)
Yes, I'm sure they have found allies and people that agree with them. That doesn't mean the debate is over or lost. If everyone in government agreed on this issue, they would have passed it years ago.

Obama's whitehouse was the reason the FBI never got very far on this issue. Even up until he left, all he could agree to was that it was an issue and solutions should be looked into. Obviously Trump is much more open to passing something on this than Obama was. But note Congress never put a bill on Obama's desk... even the floated Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016 got little congressional support, and ended up never being introduced.

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Re:Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones by GirlsCanCode on Saturday March 24, 2018 @09:28PM (#16670105)
Obama's Whitehouse? You mean the one that had the NSA spy on all of us?
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Re:Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones by dr0verride on Saturday March 24, 2018 @11:41PM (#16670589)
The NSA was spying on us before Obama took office.
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Re:Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones by tracker1 on Sunday March 25, 2018 @02:33AM (#16671059)
And Obama didn't end it, and by all accounts expanded on it. Almost every anti-privacy action started by GWB was expanded under Obama. And Trump is why it probably never should have been allowed. The abuse of the Patriot Act in and of itself should be reason enough to fight anything similar, or expansive in the erosion of personal liberty.
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