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Leo Laporte explains the need for strong encryption

You can’t lower your guard without lowering it for everyone.

Jason McIntyre
Monday, March 21, 2016, 11:46am
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This is one of the best explanations I’ve heard for keeping our devices strongly encrypted. The video below starts at 29 minutes and 34 seconds in… He continues on the subject for several minutes, at least through 38:26.

You can’t lower your guard without lowering it for everyone.

Leo Laporte

And that’s the key.

When you reduce security, it’s not just for bad guys, and it’s not just the government that gets access to that. It’s everybody.

Leo Laporte

Well said, Leo.

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