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by rglullis 1483 days ago
> The best solution to track down child abusers fast is to track down their communications.

Right. Then as bad actors find out that WhatsApp is backdoored, they move on to some other network, the police agents go on to think "oh, cool, no more abusers on WhatsApp, good job!", leaving the backdoor only for the good people and a bunch of police agents thinking "Now that CP is no longer a threat, what else are we going to use as a reason to keep these powers we have"?

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Of course that will happen.

The problem is people like Grapperhouse lack creativity. When they feel powerless they can't think of other solutions than the obvious.

I'd be very surprised any serious criminals use anything from webstores in the first place. maybe some low level foot soldiers at most.