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EMM_386 on Nov 18, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Interpol plans to condemn encryption spread, citin...

How can they prevent this?

What if I secure my messages with a known passphrase inside a picture of a rainbow using steganography?

Are they just talking about decrypting the big players like Facebook Messenger and iMessage? Because you can't "prevent" encryption.

tasubotadas on Nov 18, 2019 [–]

They can't. That's why legitimate users won't be able to use encryption (because it's against the law) and criminals will still continue using it because they can and they don't care.

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