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Comment by silentsea90

3 years ago

Why isn't end to end encryption a standard now?

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daveoc64  3 years ago

Because it's impractical in a lot of cases.

Most consumers don't want to (or can't) deal with managing encryption keys, and aren't going to be keen on the idea that if you lose the key, you lose the data permanently.

pseudalopex  3 years ago

Pressure from governments reportedly.[1]

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusiv...

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