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Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scann... by efnx on Saturday July 15, 2023 @04:09PM (#36740506)
What folks are saying is that requiring a backdoor in encryption for “blessed” individuals is wrong. I can tell from your comment that you trust cops. Not all of us do (at least - not all of us trust all cops) and so we don’t want ANY cops to have a backdoor through EVERY encryption, for fear of what ONE of them may do, or ONE person in their chain of trust may do.
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Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scann... by boomer918 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @05:30PM (#36741125)
Sounds like we need to change the law to make privacy absolute, which of course will prevent legitimate crime investigations. We can't have it both ways here.
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Re:Signal's president vows to reject UK law on message scann... by efnx on Saturday July 15, 2023 @05:46PM (#36741250)
> which of course will prevent legitimate crime investigations

It would not prevent legitimate crime investigations, it would only keep that specific information obscured.

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