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It says, in plain language, "we can't tell you which lock to use, just that you must have the master key in case we need it."


Interesting, I read it differently. I read it as being internally inconsistent.

From my perspective it says "you need to hand over the plaintext if law enforcement asks for it," which would imply that a master key of some sort needs to exist.

But then it also says that nothing in this act can be construed to require a specific design. But requiring a master key to exist would be requiring a specific design.

The proposed law sounds internally inconsistent to me.




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