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France's Own Hack Is the Best Argument Against Its War on Encryption

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29 points by anonymousiam 10 days ago · 6 comments

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jujube3 10 days ago

My understanding is that the various anti-encryption proposals don't prevent the government itself from using encryption, just their subjects. So it's not really an "argument against" from the state's point of view. They will be safe.

throawayonthe 10 days ago

i don't get how it's an argument for encryption if that wasn't the affected part

  • inigyou 10 days ago

    This website posts a lot of nonsense.

    • vrganj 10 days ago

      It's a far right propaganda site masquerading as internet advocacy.

      • inigyou 10 days ago

        Far right? How do you back that belief? As I see it they're just wrong on a lot of stuff.

  • Veserv 10 days ago

    Huh? It is a argument against government backdoor access to messages.

    The government demonstrated that they are unqualified to keep data securely under their control. As such, any argument that a backdoor only allows the duly elected government access is empirically false. Any such backdoor empirically allows nefarious criminals access to your messages whereas the absence of a backdoor keeps your messages safely between you and the other party.

    So, your options are:

    1. Encryption with no backdoors so all messages are safe.

    2. Criminals can freely read your messages so the government can more easily investigate potential criminals.

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