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Europe to push new laws to access encrypted apps data

d3vy

Ive not read the rest of the comments yet but it seems to me that there isnt a way to enforce this.

You can compel companies to give you access to their services but anyone wanting to communicate privately will find ways to do so.

I mean whats to stop me going on twitter and tweeting a lump of 140 characters of encrypted text with a #TodaysBigNewsStory hash tag?

Potentially thousands will see it and disregard it - only the one guy that I have previously shared the key with can decrypt it...

Actually Im pretty sure I could patent this in the US :)

Or you know.. we could go back to the 70s and start posting hidden messages in the lonely hearts section of the local paper..

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