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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by Igelau on Friday March 06, 2020 @07:07PM (#22508595)
> puts people's lives at risk in many countries and make having a democracy much more difficult.

Funny you should word it that way, because the Founders had a similar attitude about firearms:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by fiblye on Friday March 06, 2020 @08:09PM (#22508961)
I think most people agree that a country needs a well regulated, armed militia to protect itself from nasty invading forces. But arming amateurs and everybody around is about as safe as everybody rolling out their own encryption algorithm.
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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by Igelau on Friday March 06, 2020 @10:14PM (#22509493)
The parallelism of the language was notable. You and I do not disagree.
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