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Re:Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes by genewitch on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @09:28AM (#43172281)
> At a complete guess, I wouldnt be supried if, eg., the NSA (, CIA, et al.) were goading EUROPOL which was demanding domestic anti-encryption laws.

The exact purpose of Five Eyes?

I'm shocked, shocked! there's gambling going in here!

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Re:Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes by mjburgess on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @09:47AM (#43172510)
It's not the purpose of five eyes, it's a noted tactic.

But at the same time countries realise they are under attack economically and political from hostile cyber warefare... and so there's something self-defeating about this tactic now whereas perhaps 10-20 years ago there wasnt.

It's hard to imagine a US-China war (say by proxy in TW) or a EU-Russia war (eg., esp., by proxy in UA) "going well" under conditions of broken domestic encryption.

Eg., back when the UK mass surveillance law was passed in 2016, I imagine sigint agencies were more on-board... today I wonder if that law would now be "quietly opposed" on grounds of national defence

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