[plug] Mandatory data retention

[Jim Householder]

If all that is retained is meta-data, what will encryption accomplish 
other than future-proofing?


On 12/10/15 09:29, Hani Jabr wrote:
> Isn't this "too little, too late?"  Doesn't this just make you a target for the AFP and serve as an excuse to ban encryption?
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>> On 12 Oct 2015, at 08:52, Luke John <email at lukejohn.me> wrote:
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>> Hey Pluggers.
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>> I'm planning on finally moving to encrypted and off the record
>> messaging to celebrate the implementation of mandatory data tommorrow
>> starting tomorrow.
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>> Based on the information put out by the EFF
>> [Communicating with Others](https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/communicating-others)
>> I'm currently looking at using signal for encrypted messaging and
>> chatsecure for off the record messaging as both are available on ios
>> and android.
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>> Has anyone had experience using these or similar tools and have any
>> advice for how to encourage friends and family to start using them as
>> well?
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>> Cheers,
>> Luke
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