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I read up on that and, while it's obviously a naked power-grab and bad law IMO, it also seems to me to have the same loop-hole. I don't understand how a servic
by carapace 6y ago
I read up on that and, while it's obviously a naked power-grab and bad law IMO, it also seems to me to have the same loop-hole.
I don't understand how a service provider can be anything but a carrier if the traffic is E2E encrypted.
- akersten 6y agoFacebook carries both messaging traffic and user-generated content. If they support E2E encryption in their messenger, the threat is that they are not "following best practices for law enforcement intercept" and risk losing their protections over the non-E2E user-generated content on their main site. The confusion is understandable because the two are unrelated in any technical capacity, but the DoJ seeks to twist their arm by taking away an existing legal protection for not making law enforcement's job easier.
- carapace 6y agoCouldn't they split into two companies?