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by wtbob 3338 days ago
> There's remarkably little evidence that terrorists are making routine use of strong encryption.

Even if they were, we Americans have a fundamental right to strong encryption, protected under the Second, Ninth & Tenth Amendments to the Constitution. I'd go further still, and argue that everyone in the world (who's not a prisoner or otherwise unfree) has a right to strong encryption.