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This will just push the encryption down from the service provider to the application layer.



true, but from the phrasing in the story, it appears any company encrypting data will be required to provide the FBI a backdoor, including the application layer.

What I find interesting / related is Google, Yahoo and other internet companies and ISPs are pushing for less invasive probes from the DOJ (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20002423-38.html), maybe the Feds need some draconian laws to bargin with.




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