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There must be "no place for terrorists to hide" and intelligence services must have access to encrypted messaging services, the home secretary has said.
Khalid Masood killed four people in Westminster this week. It is understood his phone had connected to messaging app WhatsApp two minutes earlier. Link.
I disagree, if the govt wants to get into private messaging, they should develop technology to break encryption rather than using law to force tech companies to hand over private communications. Besides, it was only last year that there was a feature on EU ministers at a meeting all relying on WhatsApp rather than official channels as there was a greater guarantee of privacy for their communication.