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

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29 pointsanonymousiam6 comments

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.

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

This website posts a lot of nonsense.

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

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

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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