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Re:Germany opposes EU plans for client-side scanning by legrande on Thursday March 02, 2023 @12:52PM (#34999165)
> If there's a backdoor it's naive to think that only the "good guys" will use it.

This is the thinking behind NSA's 'Nobody But Us' saying. If you hoard 0day, assume someone else will discover it given enough time.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOBUS

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Re:Germany opposes EU plans for client-side scanning by zirgs on Thursday March 02, 2023 @01:26PM (#34999651)
Except in this case everybody knows that there's a backdoor that can be exploited.
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