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PGP is designed to disallow lawful intercepts. Should the government be allowed to prevent strong cryptography software on my own computer?

If not, then why should they be allowed to do the same on a hosted service?

If so, then is it also ok for oppressive governments in other countries to backdoor cryptography, so they can throw dissidents in prison? Or should dissidents have tools to protect themselves? If they should, then why shouldn't people in this supposedly-free country have the same tools?




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