I don't believe it's legal to do for terrorism, but they may do it anyway semi-secretly, and it is currently legally contested (and they keep it semi-secret to

I don't believe it's legal to do for terrorism, but they may do it anyway semi-secretly, and it is currently legally contested (and they keep it semi-secret to make it harder to contest legally). So, what if they do? By reports they do indeed already do this, and it was earnestly explained in the tweet[1] linked elsewhere in this thread by a FB developer that the delay in E2EE is to make sure they can continue to do it. I don't like it, but as you note, others have other opinions. I think we should be clear that it's what's going on, what is we're talking about when we talk about delaying encryption to protect children, exactly what it is that is being proposed. Others in this thread still think "oh no that's not what we're talking about they'd never do that." Let's be clear about what we're talking about, whether we support it or not. [1]: https://twitter.com/elegant_wallaby/status/1462845336288825344 https://twitter.com/elegant_wallaby/status/14628453362888253...