[WENDLE]

Just buy one across the border. We don’t want our texts reviewed by the communists and thought police. Go to HADES!!

[Vendome]

But booze, cigarettes, white bread and sugar are okay...

[Secret Agent Man]

You cannot have freedom if you can’t have privacy.

You can’t have freedom if only the governent can hide stuff.

[SeeSharp]

These legislators don’t seem to understand that the device does not do any encryption. The “phone” is just software. It can be replaced after the device is purchased.

[Swordmaker]

California Liberal in the state legislature join New York legislature in introducing a bill to ban all cell phones that can encrypt data that cannot be deciphered by the phone's maker or authorities. This would prevent all iPhones from being sold in California, Apple's home state! Dumb move Damnocrats! -- PING!

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[dsrtsage]

Ever wonder why conservatives are called fascists ad nauseum, but it is always liberal states that impose laws like this. And I will guarantee it is totally because they are afraid people will be able to hide revenue from the government

[kingu]

‘We, the political elite, have decided to issue a blanket search warrant in case we ever decide to demand a search warrant. No need to trouble the courts, that pesky part of the constitution which guarantees security of your papers (and data) is as immaterial to us as your right to keep and bear arms.’

[DB]

If this is successful, they will later make it a crime to be in possession encrypted data when the encryption is not approved by the state.

[sickoflibs]

Cant they buy them on the internet?

[G Larry]

Why?

When they have direct evidence of pending Islamic Terrorism they don’t act on it ahead of time.

So, what do they need the intel for?

[Hugin]

My guess is this bill goes nowhere. Tech companies give too much money to the Democrats.

[CurlyDave]

Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

[rey]

I think it is also a freedom of speech issue; there is nothing that says the speech has to be comprehensible.

[rdl6989]

Bump

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[ThunderSleeps]

A potential boon to shops just across the border in other States and for Android sales. Someone should check the supporting legislators' stock portfolios and see who they are invested in, and how much they would stand to gain...

Sorry for being so cynical here, but this seems like a really stupid idea. The Democratic party and it's followers have completely lost the right to call themselves "liberals" since their positions have virtually nothing to do with liberty - they are the biggest authoritarian fascists on the planet.