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berbec on Oct 18, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Responsibility and the Encryption Debate: A Respon...

Didnt we try this before (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper chip) and it was determined to be a Bad Idea?

craftyguy on Oct 18, 2017 [–]

Wow, TIL clipper ships (your link) were so extensible.

(This is what you meant to post, please don't kill me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip)

duncan_bayne on Oct 18, 2017 | | [–]

> Wow, TIL clipper ships (your link) were so extensible.

The real problem is that they were highly vulnerable to piracy ;)

berbec on Oct 18, 2017 | | [–]

Lol. I fail

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