Reply to post: Re: perhaps itself encrypted with a key known only to law enforcement

UK Home Sec: Give us a snoop-around for WhatApp encryption. Don't worry, we won't go into the cloud

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Re: perhaps itself encrypted with a key known only to law enforcement

Do you remember Snowdon? Perhaps that was too long ago: do you remember the CIA leaks that are currently being dribbled out?

Here's the thing: information leaks from law enforcement agencies. And when this super-secret key leaks, which it will, *every bit of communication it protected is now plain text*.

Seriously, you need to think a bit harder about this, because you are looking silly here.

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