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This resonates with the UK discussion about backdooring/golden keying/breaking/prohibiting encryption, to save the children.

Yes, unbreakable encryption is potentially a perfect weapon for terrorists and threatens safety of children in when the hand of child predators. Which lead to the urge of governments to "do something". But it's probably better to accept that it simply cannot be controlled at the technical level; the math to do so responsibly simply isn't there.



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