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The Only Safe Phone Is One Even the Police Can't Unlock
CGP Grey
A five-minute CGP Grey explainer arguing that a phone is effectively an extension of your mind, and that any backdoor or master key into encrypted devices will inevitably be abused or leaked. It frames the encryption debate as locks that are either unbreakable or absent.
HN commenters use it as a short, persuasive primer to send to non-technical people in debates over encryption backdoors and decryption legislation.
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