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tempodoxyesterday at 4:34 PM1 replyview on HN

The gov’t can force them to reveal any user’s data and slap them with a gag order so no one will ever know this happened.


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MontyCarloHallyesterday at 4:46 PM

All user data is E2E encrypted, so the government literally cannot force this. This has been the source of numerous disputes [0, 1] that either result in the device itself being cracked [0] (due to weak passwords or vulnerabilities in device-level protection) or governments attempting to ban E2E encryption altogether [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93FBI_encryption_d...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars

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