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by k-mcgrady 4157 days ago
>> "Have we not learned anything from the conversation on gun control?"

Terrible comparison. Gun control works fine here in the UK imo. In the US I think it's different as getting those weapons back from a heavily armed public is more trouble than it's worth - getting them back from criminals will be impossible. Anyway, it has nothing to do with encryption. I'm sure Cameron understands the implications of banning it - he just doesn't care. And there's very little we can do about it. There are elections coming up but our alternatives are just as shit.
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djrogers 4157 days ago
>> Gun control works fine here in the UK imo. In the US I think it's different as getting those weapons back from a heavily armed public is more trouble than it's worth - getting them back from criminals will be impossible.

Re-read that last part... I think you're making your own point. Encryption is already in the hands of everyone - it's far more widespread than guns were in the US when gun control laws began. How are you going to go about getting GPG for example 'back from the criminals'?

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k-mcgrady 4157 days ago
I understand your point but I don't think the comparison works. Encryption may be 'available' to us all but how many people actually know how to use it or understand what it even means? While I think banning encryption is incredibly stupid bringing the gun control debate into it doesn't work globally as guns are uncommon in, for example, the UK.
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