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chrisjsmith

Does it matter? Governments are bullies.

http://www.vvsss.com/grid/xkcd-on-crypto.gif

Here in the UK, we already have to hand over our keys or be chucked in jail.

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Original XKCD page, for posterity:

http://xkcd.com/538/

And a direct image link from XKCD:

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png

Is there any reason you linked to a third-party site instead of xkcd itself?

http://xkcd.com/538/ (easily googled -- xkcd crypto, first hit.)

Oh pedant, I thoroughly apologise for my ignorance. May my vegetables all die, my breath smell for eternity and my armpits flood with hair and engulf the earth.

It's not pedantry. Linking directly to the content's author makes sure that he is properly credited and gets the exposure.

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