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Terrorists are already going to use encryption... so "stopping the terrorists" is a weak argument (not the one used here, but just saying).

Beyond this, given that every level of access the U.S. government has been given in any kind of automated fashion has been abused... "Fuck 'em" ... They do not have a right to violate the 4th ammendment at any given level just because "papers" and posessions are digital in nature.




But then at least we know you're guilty if you use encryption.

It's kinda like the reasoning that banning marijuana was better for the police because they didn't need to distinguish between illegal drug use and legal drug use.




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