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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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