DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash iron is hot

Re:DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash... by hitpointdrew on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:30PM (#22426992)

> I will always error on the side of privacy even if that means not everyone bad is caught.

Reminds me of something my dad always told me, "I'd rather see 10 guilty people walk free, than have 1 innocent person in jail."

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Re:DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash... by TooKool4This on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:52PM (#22427202)

Blackstone’s ratio is where that principle originally comes from, at least in modern law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio

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Re:DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash... by BubRoss on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:35PM (#22427036)

I'm not a historian, but I don't think your dad came up with that first...

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Re:DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash... by PopeRigby on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:57PM (#22429297)

They never said he did. Just that he said it.

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