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Encryption backdoors mean they can look at your data without your knowing. This is not equivalent to warrants.

What they however can do is have a warrant to access your house, where some of your data might live, or potentially decryption keys. And they could potentially motivate you to reveal your keys.

All of this is possible currently without encryption backdoors.




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