What are encryption backdoors? For non-techie readers, basically these are ways the government can unencrypt your “locked” communications if they decide they want to see your private material for any secret reason.
Dozens of civil liberties groups, including the Committee to Protect Journalists, signed a petition that feeds into the White House petition system: savecrypto.org.
If you care about this issue, right now is the time to take action.
In 3 days, the petition already has more than 17,000 signatures. We need 100,000. Sign here.
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