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Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end encryption

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Re: Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end encryption

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> We are writing to request that Facebook does not proceed with its plan to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services without ensuring that there is no reduction to user safety.

Oh, so you’re asking for more end-to-end encryption?

> While the letter acknowledges that Facebook, which owns Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, captures 99% of child exploitation and terrorism-related content through its own systems, it also notes that "mere numbers cannot capture the significance of the harm to children."

This is such a lazy argument :/

Re: Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end encryption

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"We are writing to request that Facebook does not proceed with its plan to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services without ensuring that there is no reduction to user safety."

Isn't the entire point of E2E Encryption for user safety, as in safety from the government reading your message?

Re: Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end encryption

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"We are writing to request that Facebook does not proceed with its plan to implement end-to-end encryption across its messaging services without ensuring that there is no reduction to user safety."

I don’t get it. How could end-to-end encryption reduce user safety?

Re: Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for end-to-end encryption

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> While the letter acknowledges that Facebook, which owns Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, captures 99% of child exploitation and terrorism-related content through its own systems, it also notes that "mere numbers cannot capture the significance of the harm to children."

Ah yes, "think of the children!" This is so tired, I'm (just a bit) surprised they fell into this argument.

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