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cm2187 on Aug 21, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Petition UK government to not ban encryption

I think in France the taxman can check your bank account directly so it's a fair bet that the intelligence service have access. I have no reason to think things are different in the UK.

tired_man on Aug 21, 2015 [–]

I wouldn't be surprised.

Have you ever read about the various French Intel services after the revolution? Talk about convoluted. They trusted no one or even each other.

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