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Re:Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for en... by dmix on Thursday October 03, 2019 @02:36PM (#21150411)
The police have more than enough data to do their jobs without having sweeping surveillance powers.

Even with E2E the police can get warrants for the devices which is usually more than enough to access data.

They just want an easier job, it’s not a major roadblock. When police jobs being easy is a good sign that privacy has been completely destroyed.

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Re:Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for en... by mytailorisrich on Thursday October 03, 2019 @02:41PM (#21150483)
One of the points of eavesdropping is that the target is unaware of it, which enables the police to gather more evidence about more people.

E2E is not required for privacy. There is also a difference between privacy and the right to privacy, and a guarantee that no-one will ever be able to know what I'm doing.

There is no absolute, including absolute right. It's all about balance: We have a right to privacy but the police may search our homes and eavesdrop on our communications in strict, specific circumstances because that's in the public interest. The idea is simply to have the same online.

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