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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by JupiterMoon on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @11:23AM (#9845997)
> Politicians think encryption is in the first category.

This -- until people realise that their online banking is not secure without encryption. That puts it firmly into the second category for many people.

(It's my experience that people are more worried about their money than their dick pics.)

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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by cesarb on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @11:42AM (#9846109)
> This -- until people realise that their online banking is not secure without encryption.

For some time, only online banking was allowed to use strong encryption on the web. There was a special kind of certificate, which could be issued only to financial organizations, which told browsers they were allowed to use strong cipher suites.

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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by jessaustin on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @11:42AM (#9846110)
(It's my experience that people are more worried about their money than their dick pics.)

For one thing, most people have at least some money, while the desire to photograph one's genitals (and especially, after having done so, to keep the results private) is relatively rare.

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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by dpeck on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @12:06PM (#9846286)
honestly, with the economy as it is today and the growth of social media based image/sexting/hookup services I'd argue the opposite is true.
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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by elektromekatron on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @02:47PM (#9847357)
They'll probably be the next generation of internet currency.
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