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Feinstein-Burr's bonkers backdoor crypto law is dead in the water

tom dial Silver badge

Re: *cough*

It is not at all obvious that a requirement that a producer assist with search warrant execution, or even actually providing such assistance, would render its products unsalable. It seems likely that the producer least able to give effective assistance would experience increased demand, although I suspect that in many places, including the US, the difference would not be large.

The presumption that such a requirement would apply only in the US also is suspect. Law enforcement officials elsewhere certainly would like to be able to access smart phone and similar computer stored data. Indeed, there is no obvious reason to think such requirements are not already in place somewhere.

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