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It's so weird that this "logic" is applied to criminals using encryption/encrypted messaging platforms, but not really any other tool used by both criminals and non-criminals. Like, criminals use hammers and bricks to illegally smash windows, and yet there are no governing bodies out there trying to come up with "creative" solutions to regulate hammers and bricks, to create "backdoors" in hammers and bricks that make them ineffectual for doing crime but retain their original functions. Because that's impossible.
Instead, maybe what we should do is improve society somewhat so that people don't feel compelled to commit crimes. You know, the one thing that's been demonstrated time and time again to actually work.
i would say the another example is (monetary) transactions because they definitely wouldn't go this far to prevent tax fraud or money laundering.
Guns are a better example. Thieving tools is another.
Not really, those examples have the same faults as hammers and bricks.
I guess we shouldn't attempt to restrict them then huh.
Are you being purposely obtuse, or did you just not read my comment?
Probably the latter.