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So, if we were to implement what this author is proposing, governments would be allowed to jail people indefinitely simply because they used effectively unbreak
by 6177c40f 1y ago
So, if we were to implement what this author is proposing, governments would be allowed to jail people indefinitely simply because they used effectively unbreakable encryption- regardless of whether what they encrypted was illegal (or evidence of a crime)? Because if so, that is absolutely unacceptable in any society that would call itself free.
- immibis 1y ago[dead]
- ranger_danger 1y agoI don't know what country you think that is true in, but citation needed. In the US at least, criminal convictions must be proven "beyond a reasonable doubt", they can't just say that they think there's information there, it must be proven that they already know it's there.
- immibis 1y agoThe hypothetical country the article writer wants to live in. The one where if you can't decrypt purported evidence of a crime you get the maximum sentence by default.
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- Kim_Bruning 1y agoI assume you meant "in this proposal, the police could say". On first reading it looks like you meant that this was already possible today?