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cervedlast Saturday at 6:31 PM1 replyview on HN

You can't break encryption "only sometimes"


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AnthonyMouselast Saturday at 6:41 PM

If you don't record every conversation that happens in a private home, you can't retroactively wiretap them "only sometimes". If you don't open and scan everyone's mail, you can't go back and read the ones they've already received "only sometimes".

Why is that a problem? Then you just don't do it at all. Society can survive two people being able to have a private conversation.