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Re:DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash... by isthisserious on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:21PM (#22426283)
> Yes, it’s serious (in response to your handle). I don’t think it’s necessary to create a throwaway to respond and is also against hn policy.

Not a throwaway. I'm a lurker who was stunned into commenting.

As for E2E2EE, this doesn't solve the bad actors problem.

Here is exactly why this wont work: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/technology/twitter-saudi-...

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Re:DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash... by dropoutcoder on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:28PM (#22426364)
The article you linked is an example of why offering access to employees who aren’t properly vetted, don’t have security clearances is a bad idea. Further, a proper exceptional access system, in my view, will aim to reduce abuses as described in the article you’ve linked, perhaps even using a design that offers technologically enforced checks and balances against abuses.
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