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That title sounds quite botched? From the article, it sounds like it's illegal for governments to require backdoors to encryption, not for people to merely have

• pfannkuchen 3y ago
  Would that be strange? Seems like any back door may mislead end users in a serious and potentially harmful way.
  • dataflow 3y ago
    Yes? For one thing it would mean you couldn't make a backdoorable cipher for your own personal use!
    • herbst 3y ago
      The law is specifically for internet services. I have to assume it only applies once you publish your encryption as anything else than a proof of concept.
    • pfannkuchen 3y ago
      Not necessarily! There is a lot of daylight between “applies only to government” and “applies to everyone at all times”. I assumed the point under discussion was “applies to commercial products and not just governments”.