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		NateEag on Oct 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stop the Earn IT Bill Before It Breaks Encryption I'm pretty confident you can commit crimes that matter without physical presence. Most people don't approve of making millions from insider trading, for example. Or of cryptolocking beloved photo collections and holding them ransom for bitcoin.

mulmen on Oct 7, 2020 [–]

You don't need to tap phones to catch and prosecute insider trading.

You can't stop cryptolocking by tapping a phone or by banning encryption.

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