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Re:The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever by bbarnett on Saturday February 05, 2022 @05:44PM (#30227067)
Until that becomes illegal. After all, torrent indexes are illegal, and they aren't directly pirating anything.

Thus, supporting an end around, can be attacked as well..

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Re:The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever by plorkyeran on Saturday February 05, 2022 @07:39PM (#30228001)
Torrent indexes are illegal, and yet a lot of them exist very publicly. Pushing e2e encryption into the same category as them does not seem very effective.
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Re:The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever by bbarnett on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:16PM (#30228260)
The goal is to reduce common usage ; to make all which use encryption a criminal.
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