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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by paulryanrogers on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:58PM (#23633119)
There was that government OPN hack not so long ago with all that gov PII. And consider the tempting target these keys will make for state actors.
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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by thephyber on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:06PM (#23633218)
To clarify, it was the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

But I agree, it's a perfect example of why we can't trust even the most security-trusted people in the US government with skeleton keys to all of our data.

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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by suizi on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:32PM (#23633505)
Didn't someone walk out of the NSA with a USB stick filled with classified documents and viruses?
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