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Re:An even worse anti-encryption bill than EARN IT by mratsim on Thursday June 25, 2020 @07:26AM (#23639360)
This would be in breach of various privacy laws in the EU.

Companies have been sued for using weak encryption (cough plaintext passwords).

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Re:An even worse anti-encryption bill than EARN IT by zelphirkalt on Thursday June 25, 2020 @11:39AM (#23641911)
Of course, yes, but does it stop any of these politicians to come up with stupid ideas? I don't think so. Do we need more tests of what is OK in front of the European courts? 'cause once these politicians are sufficiently "incentivized" they wont stop pushing "their" ideas.
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