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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by meowface on Friday March 06, 2020 @09:07PM (#22509241)
Guns are an offensive implement, while encryption is a defensive one. A better parallel would be arguments in favor of banning bulletproof vests for civilians, because a criminal might use them during an attack.
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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by heartbeats on Friday March 06, 2020 @09:13PM (#22509259)
This is already done in many countries.
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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by meowface on Saturday March 07, 2020 @10:12AM (#22511872)
So are mandatory encryption backdoors, unfortunately.
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