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Do you feel more unsafe in a world where secure encryption is widely and easily used, or do you feel safer in a world where that would become contraband, and fa
by Zigurd 9y ago
Do you feel more unsafe in a world where secure encryption is widely and easily used, or do you feel safer in a world where that would become contraband, and fake security in encryption would expose you to state and criminal exploitation. This isn't some kind of techno-libertarian hard-line position. Many governments are incapable of administering back-doored encryption without corrupt influences exploiting the back door, even if you trust first-world governments to keep things relatively clean.