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unbelievable how pols never seem to get it. the purpose of making new laws is to further protect the public - not damage the public to make LEO jobs easier.

sure, it sucks that they can't sit in their office and wiretap anyone, or might seize a phone that they can't crack. all it does mean they have to get off their asses and investigate at point-of-crime, possibly in person.

to society, the great thing about that is that direct investigation is not scalable, which means that collateral damage will be less common among the innocent and bystanders.



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