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Ron Wyden: “Secure, encrypted communications give people the power to organize and access information that authoritarian regimes…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2022
Secure, encrypted communications give people the power to organize and access information that authoritarian regimes don't want seen. End-to-end encryption is life or death for people living in authoritarian countries like Russia, China, or Saudi Arabia.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden emphasizes the importance of encryption for organizing against authoritarian regimes.

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