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I went from Math to Semantics because I was engaging with your points specifically... and you mentioned the technology angle because... CodeGrey mentioned it in the video. I wasn't making a universal treatise about government backdoors such that anyone from anti-vaccination parents to moon landing deniers will be convinced of the merits.

The technology impossibility of digital locks used by angels-vs-demons mentioned by CodeGrey is a red herring and not really part of the debate that I've heard.

Instead, people like Obama/FBI/NSA already know that a backdoor provided to the government is impossible to keep out of criminals' hands. They knowingly avoid mentioning the misuse by criminals and only highlight the benefits of catching terrorists. They don't need to be convinced of math proofs because that part was never the stumbling point.



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