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Or simply start instilling the idea into ignorant people's minds that crypto is bad and just keep repeating that until it becomes a "truth", or gain votes or le

• spuz 11y ago
  I'm not sure that's a wise strategy. Try telling the users of Ashley Madison that encryption is a bad thing. For each of the government's examples of where encryption enables criminals to do criminal things, the public are going to hear about the cases where lack of encryption enables criminals to do criminal things. There's just as equal a chance in my opinion that raising the issue in the consciousness of the public that they turn against the government and demand stronger encryption rather than less. The NSA and GCHQ were able to gain significant powers in the last decade primarily by staying under the radar of public awareness. That is why the leaks we heard in 2013 were so significant. Now the cat's out of the bag, it might be the government are left with no choice but to use propaganda to convince the public to give them what they want but there's no guarantee that it will work.