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Hong Kong’s plight shows why strong encryption matters

by Jim Baker
July 8, 2020
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issues: Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Policy, Encryption, Foreign Affairs
originally published in Axios

“It is time for governmental authorities — including law enforcement — to embrace encryption because it is one of the few mechanisms that the United States and its allies can use to more effectively protect themselves from existential cybersecurity threats, particularly from China,” wrote former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker in late 2019.

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