In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: it rejected a dangerous proposal that would have gutted end-to-end encryption in the name of fighting drug trafficking.
  • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    “France rejects backdoor mandate”? Someone enjoyed writing that headline.

    • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      Sometimes, you don’t realize the other read. My favourite example of this was when I was at my first paper, proofing, and hit upon “Man who killed for beer money wins case.” Needless to say, it didn’t end up running.