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		d110af5ccf on Dec 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germany: New government plans 'right to encryption... I believe your reasoning is faulty. In the vast majority of cases the law lays out rules and a court will attempt to determine various facts (ie truths) and interpret the rules in some broader context. Codifying truth into law is quite unusual and seems like a bad idea to me. But then prosecuting people for hurling insults also seems like a bad idea to me - I guess I'm just thoroughly American.

kaba0 on Dec 5, 2021 [–]

Don’t forget that not all legal systems rely as much on precedences as the US/UK one though, so that may also cause a difference.

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