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Re:When It's a Crime to Withdraw Money from Your Bank by Zigurd on Saturday June 06, 2015 @10:10AM (#9670856)
Actually, some people here will argue that, in fact, the state HAS an inherent power to inspect anything at all. Math and physics be damned.
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Re:When It's a Crime to Withdraw Money from Your Bank by maxerickson on Saturday June 06, 2015 @10:46AM (#9670960)
I don't understand why that is an actually.

The financial reporting regulations surrounding structuring are pretty specific, it really isn't the sort of thing you would use as a salvo in a war to inspect everything.

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Re:When It's a Crime to Withdraw Money from Your Bank by Zigurd on Saturday June 06, 2015 @03:01PM (#9671823)
No, it isn't. But some people think the Hobbesian PoV means outlawing strong encryption is exactly what the government should do.
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