An online-safety expert argues that end-to-end encryption endangers children
Messaging platforms can and should balance privacy and welfare, says John Carr
ENCRYPTION TOOLS have been around for millennia. Julius Caesar used one form in his dispatches to his field commanders. Mary Queen of Scots used another to plot the overthrow of Queen Elizabeth I. And now some of the world’s largest tech companies are integrating end-to-end encryption into their mass-messaging systems.
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