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		ycmbntrthrwaway on March 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Next Front in the New Crypto Wars: WhatsApp Please stop calling it crypto wars. Calling something a "war" justifies wartime measures, just as it happens with terrorism, drugs and things like that.

zeckalpha on March 14, 2016 [–]

This isn't a new term: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars

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