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by mrexcess 37 days ago
That would seem to constitute Honest Services Fraud under federal law, if they promised E2E then sabotaged it intentionally…
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Not in the case of mandated back doors and warrants.
I’m not sure why you think so? If the service provider claims E2E but intentionally provides a defective version of this, it’s a pretty clear cut violation of the federal statute, which afaik based on the statute’s language contains no exceptions for defects cajoled into being inserted by government pressure short of a clear statute mandating it, which does not exist afaik.