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Another round of encryption policy debate, spurred on by the investigation into “a network” of terrorists in Monday night’s bombing in Manchester, is underway with European leaders threatening to pass further laws that would allow governments increased access to data regardless of the security that sits on devices. A Tuesday report from The Sun alleges the U.K. government will push through increased backdoor powers immediately after the upcoming June 8 election. The reported new powers, which will impact companies with over 10,000 customers, have been in the making for over a month. “We will do this as soon as we can after the election, as long as we get back in,” one government minister reportedly told The Sun. “The level of threat clearly proves there is no more time to waste now. The social media companies have been laughing in our faces for too long.” The latest European flare up in the encryption debate […]

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