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Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU. (web.archive.org)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nobody in the pro-surveillance camp wants to actually catch pedophiles, that is just one of those "nobody can argue against it" excuses they have been using for ages.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Are you saying you DON'T want to protect the children??? You monster! /s

Edit: "Are you saying 9/11 didn't change everything, because 9/11 changed everything" --Peter Griffin (I may have the quote wrong, but it was something like that)