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Are encrypted messages doing us more harm than good?

IT experts discuss whether monitoring private messages will improve security.

UK home secretary Amber Rudd says social media apps such as WhatsApp, which encrypts users messages, should not be a hiding place for terrorists.

IT lecturer Paul Bernal, former privacy analyst at Google Susan Landau and former head of cyber security at the MOD Major General Jonathan Shaw, discuss whether government surveillance on encrypted messages will improve national security.

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