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Attacking end-to-end encryption now would do more harm than good, warn IT professionals

Attacking end-to-end encryption now would do more harm than good, warn IT professionals

Homeland April 1, 2022

IT experts have warned against limiting end-to-end encryption, as it would not make the world safer and is currently likely to cause more harm than good. In a survey carried out by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 78% of industry professionals said they did not believe restricting the use of ...

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