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		DangitBobby on July 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The battle to outlaw end-to-end encryption in the ... It only takes winning once. It doesn't help that public opinion holds little to no sway, and that it takes money from big players to fight it off every time.

shmerl on July 12, 2020 [–]

Corrupt laws can be repealed. Something like DMCA 1201 looks set in stone, but I have no doubt it will eventually be scrapped.

But I agree, if such kind of junk becomes law it's much harder to repeal it, than to prevent it from becoming law in the first place.

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