Government plan to try, once again, to force tech companies put back doors into encryption

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Government to seek the power to decrypt all communications at will
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Government to seek the power to decrypt all communications at will

War against encryption to be re-ignited after election

The government is planning to resurrect plans to force technology giants to hand over encrypted data following the Manchester terrorist attack, according to press reports today. The Sun claims that...

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