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Re:Oppose the Earn IT Act by bduerst on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @11:15PM (#23709602)
The best response is simpler than that, that even encryption laymen can understand:

"If I have nothing to hide, then you have no reason to look."

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Re:Oppose the Earn IT Act by penteract on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:49AM (#23710103)
That argument doesn't really work. You supposedly know whether you have "nothing to hide" (and don't dare to admit it if you do have something to hide), they need to look to check this.
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Re:Oppose the Earn IT Act by DarkWiiPlayer on Thursday July 02, 2020 @02:16AM (#23710511)
The point is that "nothing to hide" should be the default assumption. Breaking enctyption turns this around and makes people guilty by default.
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