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UK digital minister Matt Hancock praises 'crucial role' of encryption

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Re: What law enforcement needs...

"If the carnage in Westminster was perpetrated by a lone nutter with a mental health problem, a 16 year old grand theft auto afficionado or a lunatic trying to out "death by cop" we'd be having a different conversation entirely."

Upvoted - but I'm not entirely convinced we would be having a different conversation. The default response to things for most Home Secretaries this century has been "privacy is bad, and encryption is downright evil. Except for us, of course. It's very important my stuff says private."

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