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wrt making criminal penalties stronger, I wonder what effect an add-on charge (idk the technical term) for deliberately using encryption in the commission of a crime would add.

I.e. using encryption is never illegal, but if you commit a crime and directly employ encryption as a means to commit that crime, your sentence is doubled or whatever.

(inb4 pedantic "all internet services use encryption", which I don't think a court would buy if this is meant to be an add-on charge)



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