Privacy is one of the fundamental rights of every person and the default should be that government has no right to see your personal communications. If however there is a serious crime being investigated or a potential threat then there should be an option for police or intelligence services to access people's comms. There should be stringent legal controls on when this is appropriate, it should only be possible after a court order (with on call judges for time sensitive cases), it should all be stored confidentially, only that info relevant to the current investigation (as determined by a pannel of judges) should be admissible, and as soon as safely possible the person in question should be told
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