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> solve the problem of child trafficking and this would actually help them do that.

How would the proposed legislation help him do that? Human trafficking existed before the invention of encryption.

Because the people who propose solutions like this want to build a panopticon that does things that they like, while pretending that it's not a panopticon at all because that would make them sad, despite doing "good".

That ability hasn't presented itself before now.

Also I doubt the content is proliferated through facebook and whatsapp. Perhaps by some careless people and that might lead to further investigations, but the proposal is just extremely inefficient and costs are too high.

Like with most crime fighting, investigators often just find the brain dead criminals, or just manufacture their own make believe criminals, to make it look like their use of funds produced results.

Real investigations are hard, and it's just easier to go after the careless or ignorant, while the actually dangerous and capable evade getting caught.

So, yes, you're right.

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