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The problem isn't with ways for law enforcement to access all your communication with a warrant, for probable cause, on the suspicion of wrongdoing, by upstandi
by henrikschroder 11y ago
The problem isn't with ways for law enforcement to access all your communication with a warrant, for probable cause, on the suspicion of wrongdoing, by upstanding law enforcement officers, and fair trials.
The problem is the potential for abuse. When your secrets get leaked, when they're used unlawfully, when they get in the wrong hands, when the humans who have access to it do the wrong things, if the wrong people get elected, if the wrong laws get enacted that enable more abuse, if another McCarthy comes along and sweeps people up in hysteria.
And that is why we must support strong encryption without backdoors, for everyone, upstanding citizens and criminals alike. The positives simply don't outweigh the negatives.