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Comment Re:Well, there's one logical consequence (Score 2) 149

Sometimes I wonder whether medical care is the same way. All medical care is insanely expensive in the US, but we constantly hear how it's dirt cheap across much of Europe. Medical suppliers and prescription drug companies have openly admitted to using the United States as a profit center to offset low margins elsewhere (e.g. Europe and Canada).

Comment Re:Lead By Example (Score 1) 147

This is nonsense. Cryptography and secret codes have been around for as long as communication. One-time pads were first used on the telegraph in 1882.

I didn't say possible. I said practical. Strong crypto is hard. Secure key exchange is hard.

Governments have been breaking codes for as long as we have had codes.

LK

Comment Re:Lead By Example (Score 2) 147

I don't see it. For example, cell phone records are only recorded and accessible via warrant, and by presenting that warrant to a provider directly. Same could be done with E2EE data if forced through the cell phone provider's networks.

That would mean an end to E2EE APIs on cell phones and other devices, which may be practically impossible at this point.

Edward Snowden showed that this is not as true as you seem to think it is.

LK

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