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Comment by blibble

4 months ago

this is not a free speech issue, it's about key escrow

and the US invented technical crypto backdoors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip

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airhangerf15  4 months ago

I guess you're right there, but they don't have free speech at all in the UK, so this is a step even further into the new era of technocratic authoritarianism. It's about free speech AND illegal warrant-less searches.

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