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by MartinMcGirk 4169 days ago
It was my understanding that his plan does not involve banning encryption, but rather it involves the creation of a legal framework which would make it OK for government organisations to break into encrypted communications and communication channels.

I'm not saying that his plan is a good one, but it's not the same thing as banning encryption all together like the this post rather rashly suggests. The source material that this post links to [1], but sadly misrepresents, is a much better read.

[1] http://boingboing.net/2015/01/13/what-david-cameron-just-pro...