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Please don’t kill the discussion by putting previous links. Given the recent synchronised push from both sides of Atlantic to review end to end encryption and l

• Etheryte 5y ago
  Why do you think previous related threads "kill the discussion"? If anything, more background information and context should be a good thing, no?
  • snthd 5y ago
    I agree. The links are particularly useful as they don't come up with the 'past' link. Here's recent discussion on the UK push: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fnoplacetohide.org.uk https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fnoplacetohide.org.uk
• KennyBlanken 5y ago
  This is something dang himself does many times...
• dang 5y ago
  HN's approach to this has been the same for many years: when a story has had significant attention within the last year or so, we bury reposts as dupes. That doesn't mean it isn't an important story! This is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html When a story is a major ongoing topic (as this one may be), we treat it as a fresh story each time significant new information (SNI) comes up. See https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22significant%20new%20information%22%20by%3Adang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... for past explanations. If someone can point to SNI in this case, I'd be happy to take a look.