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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by GordonS on Saturday September 28, 2019 @02:01PM (#21101835)
Oh, as well as the Clipper debacle, in the 90s I seem to recall there was a big push towards forced key escrow, on both sides of the pond.
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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by merpnderp on Saturday September 28, 2019 @07:13PM (#21103690)
The US government gave up the Clipper chip laws before even trying to take it to the Supreme Court as it was such an obvious loser.
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