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DOJ plans to strike against encryption while the Techlash iron is hot

by Riana Pfefferkorn cyberlaw.stanford.edu published 2020-02-266 min read

There’s a story in today’s Washington Post “Cybersecurity 202” newsletter that confirms that the Department of Justice is capitalizing on the techlash in order to build up congressional support for the DOJ’s long-desired goal of legislation that will restrict your freedom to encrypt your data and

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