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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by molmalo on Saturday September 28, 2019 @02:41PM (#21102091)
In many cases, (In my country for sure, and I bet this is common elsewhere) members of the legislative branch are approached by people from the intelligence community, who hand them the drafts for stuff they 'need'.

And you can bet those people do understand encryption.

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Re:Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.? by justforyou on Saturday September 28, 2019 @03:37PM (#21102407)
They might understand encryprion, but that does not mean they are trustworthy nor truthful...
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