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by kenthorvath 4177 days ago
Unbreakable crypto is a genie long out of the bottle.

No amount of wishing, legislating, or fear-mongering is going to prevent terrorist organizations from implementing these well-described, mathematically sound, publicly available algorithms.

Since we cannot prevent terrorists from using crypto, the only ones without crypto will be non-terrorists.

This proposal only serves to enshrine within the government the chilling capability and authority to surveil its citizens.