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France Clears Bill That Could Force Apple to Unlock Terror Data (bloomberg.com)
2 points by jbraithwaite 3750 days ago
1 comments

> French lawmakers backed a plan to impose penalties including jail time on technology executives who deny access to encrypted data during a terrorist investigation

So how is this different from what we have today?

I feel the "backdoor everything" and "lock up this phone, here is a court order" are two very different things but media doesn't seem to distinguish them always.