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The wording of this brings up a worrisome point. What encryption methods does the DOJ currently have access to? Why are they complaining about needing access to this encryption now? Is it because other previous encryption methods are know to be broken or they already have access to that data?

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Probably because so many communications are moving to encrypted by default, HTTPS everywhere and WhatsApp for instance (as Brazil has found out). If the big players decide to switch to E2E then governments would need to get them to change their products. Better to head them off before it is too late.

This is exactly it. The Going Dark Problem: https://www.fbi.gov/services/operational-technology/going-da...

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