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Originally Posted by Prevet
I find it weird how in that Snowden movie they claimed that computers, phones, and commercial operating systems have NSA back doors in them, yet in the USA politicians are getting hysterical about encryption. If the computers and phones have NSA back doors, why do the politicians care if the communications between them are encrypted? Why not ask the NSA for the access codes?
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1. Perhaps they can't break without much resources and undetected everywhere.
2. This kind of technology subversion may be found unlawful or more regulated/supervised by court in the future. It is better for them to pass a law to make it lawful.
Some actions may be now lawful for national security, but not lawful for regular criminal investigations.