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Re:'Karma': A hack used by the UAE to break into iPhones of ... by smolder on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @04:19PM (#19039623)
If I want to have a private conversation where the details of what are said are undiscoverable, I believe that's a right that people should have in a "free country", including over the internet, over phone, and so on. The fact is, I can, using some combination of math and secrets, accomplish this.

I don't think anyone on earth has the right to collect/record/see the contents of my communications other than me and the other participants, until there's reasonable suspicion of a crime.

Covert dragnet snooping is an evil means to any end, and it damages the moral standing of the society that does it.

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Re:'Karma': A hack used by the UAE to break into iPhones of ... by zerocrates on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @04:54PM (#19039965)
The trick here is that the authorities will (somewhat reasonably) advertise their need for these tools under the "reasonable suspicion" label: they want the backdoor or whatever it is they need to conduct their surveillance once they do have reasonable suspicion.
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