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"We are writing to request that Facebook does not proceed with its plan to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services without ensuring that t
by surfsvammel 7y ago
"We are writing to request that Facebook does not proceed with its plan to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services without ensuring that there is no reduction to user safety."
I don’t get it. How could end-to-end encryption reduce user safety?
- fooey 7y agoThis is the authoritarian argument that it makes everyone less safe if they're not allowed to spy on everyone.
- adrianmonk 7y agoIt's even a poor version of that argument. The victims of whatever crimes this would allegedly prevent aren't necessarily users of the platform. In that type of scenario, the perpetrators are the users.