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Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism by cmiles74 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @08:16AM (#36861154)
In my opinion, the comparison to weaponry is pretty loaded and unreasonable. It evokes scenes of mass shootings, secure communication has no similar destructive power.

Warrants are still a thing! The government in the US can still get a warrant and they can compel you to show them the contents of your Signal messages. No fancy E2E backdoors are required. ;-)

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Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism by catiopatio on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:33AM (#36861968)
Unfortunately, it’s not a fringe opinion that speech is similarly dangerous and should be similarly regulated.

It’s also not clear that the government can compel you to reveal a password, much less compel you to incriminate yourself.

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Re:How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism by cmiles74 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:20AM (#36878187)
I'm having trouble finding coverage in this, but I believe the current state is that the warrant can require you to unlock the phone but you don't have to tell them how or provide your password.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/11/29/fbi-n...

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/police-should-n...

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