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FBI Wants Access To Encrypted iPhone And Android Data—So Does Europe (www.forbes.com)
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[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

don't they already have it?

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 11 points 2 days ago

Maybe, but they wouldn't want to give away that such a thing definitely already exists. Also, any intelligence gathered that way would likely be inadmissible as evidence if it was used to prosecute someone.

By getting an overt backdoor installed, both those problems go away.