[blibble]

this is not a free speech issue, it's about key escrow

and the US invented technical crypto backdoors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip

[airhangerf15]

I guess you're right there, but they don't have free speech at all in the UK, so this is a step even further into the new era of technocratic authoritarianism. It's about free speech AND illegal warrant-less searches.