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by ajsnigrutin 1515 days ago
Considering the amount of free encryption software, a lot even opensource, where you just add your logo and a pdf with instructions, bundle the source in a zip file somewhere not to break GPL, and you're done, fuckups like these seem more and more intentional to me.

Tech-savy users will always use "the best" tools, but for "normal people", the police having the ability to decrypt their data, is a thing government wants. If the encryption is bundled, they'll use the broken one, because the alternative (googling the software) will usually show them only the software that actually works.