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		Stanish on Feb 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signal Foundation Ever ask yourself why they did this "very publicly"?

amdavidson on Feb 22, 2018 [–]

To convince congress to legislate a backdoor.

There are very logical and reasonable reasons for them to advocate publicly. Not everything is a conspiracy.

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