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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yes, but politicians and police keep fantasizing about a magical crypto-backdoor that only they can use, no matter how many times people explain this to them or how many times they get burned.

[–] rottingleaf 13 points 1 day ago

Frankly a person with such persistence trying to get a tool they never justly need should get punched in the face until they get smarter.

I mean, there already are laws about what should be surrendered to them in legal proceedings and how. That's not impeded by any encryption. That everybody has right to remain silent is already a rule, encryption just reaffirms it with math.

What they are trying to create is a tool for illegally violating people without being detected, thus not causing outrage and not having to justify it.

It's literally an unprecedented penetration of government structures and agencies and political groups by criminals who want to use those organizations to spy after others. By thieves. They should all be found and put in jail.