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Re:Tech firms “can and must” put backdoors in encryption, AG... by cmurf on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @01:12PM (#20517305)
Make non-compliance a civil offense, subject to a daily penalty. Simply financially ruin people. Economic coercion is still coercion. And you don't have the same right to an attorney or a jury trial. And you can be found partially liable for consequences from non-compliance.

Criminal law is more binary, and a far stronger burden of proof on the claiming party, the government.

This is already the case in many states when it comes to vehicular traffic laws. Most speeding is a civil offense, no right to plea bargain, or jury trial. It only becomes criminal after a certain speed (careless or wreckless), and becomes criminal after a certain amount and time for the unpaid fine.

It's what happens when people in a democracy aren't paying attention to state and local law making.

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