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Re:Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for en... by soraminazuki on Thursday October 03, 2019 @08:43PM (#21153836)
> I'm not advocating that we backdoor encryption. I'm asking what's the nuance in privacy vs crime prevention. I guess your position is one of an absolute, and therefore, to me, not especially interesting.

What's your point? We can either give governments backdoor access, or we don't. It's disingenuous to suggest that there's some sort of "middle ground" and pretend to care about privacy.

> I am curious what you think are the ways we can fight child abuse. It seems to me we have some obligation as technologists to see that our works aren't used to harm the most vulnerable.

How about traditional targeted investigations requiring a warrant? I don't see any reason for technologists to enable mass surveillance.

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