Cop complaints won't stop E2EE, says encryption advocate
www.theregister.comInternet Society's Robin Wilton tells us the war on privacy won't be won by the plod
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It’s not as if encryption would stop them being able to infiltrate and observe criminal gangs, and generally catch the bad guys. There are all kinds of other tools they can use without having instant push-button access to all communications data.
Encryption doesn’t stop them spying on you. It stops them spying on everyone in the world simultaneously all the time with no effort.