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France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging (reclaimthenet.org)
submitted 1 week ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] scutiger@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They don't care about the criminals though, it's the normies they want to spy on.

The criminals are going to do other stuff that's going to put them on a watchlist, it's almost inevitable. But normal people aren't going to do any of that, so they have "no need" to be protected by encryption.

[โ€“] Steve@communick.news 3 points 1 week ago

That's what I just figured out.