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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by hundchenkatze on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:25PM (#23633419)
I agree, but I also think that, if successful, the law could have the knock-on effect of criminalizing all unsanctioned (read functional) crypto tools.

edit: *leading to arguments like "Oh, you have Signal on your phone, only criminals use Signal."

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Re:Republicans Push Bill Requiring Tech Companies Give Encry... by dane-pgp on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:59PM (#23633812)
Unfortunately such arguments are very likely to be made, given that Chief Justice Roberts already suggested in 2014 that a person carrying two cell phones might reasonably be suspected of dealing drugs:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140501/01194327086/supre...

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