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I think you're agreeing with the parent comment: "...if a company writes something that blocks... content from being accessed by law enforcement [like e2e encr
by guiambros 6y ago
I think you're agreeing with the parent comment:
"...if a company writes something that blocks... content from being accessed by law enforcement [like e2e encryption], protection is removed."
That's exactly how I read this. This is a head-on attack on all types of encrypted applications that would block government from (legally) accessing the user's data whenever they want.
This would effectively remove protections from Signal, iOS, WhatsApp, Keybase, or any other platform offering e2e encryption. It doesn't rule encryption illegal per se, but now the platforms may be held liable for the crimes that happened through their services, which would force them to either take their chances, or shut down, or implement some sort of backdoor.
(disclaimed: IANAL).