This link implies that the NYT is backtracking about a piece apparently &quot;blaming encryption.&quot; The NYT article referenced did not at all focus on encryption, and it didn&#x27;t go so far as to definitively blame encryption.<p>The only paragraph discussing encryption is buried in the middle of the article.
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The attackers are believed to have communicated using encryption technology, according to European officials
&quot;&quot;&quot;<p>The lede did not mention encryption at all: &quot;The attackers in Friday’s terrorist assault in Paris communicated at some point beforehand with known members of the Islamic State in Syria, officials on both sides of the Atlantic say.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20151115191248&#x2F;http:&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;16&#x2F;world&#x2F;europe&#x2F;paris-attackers-communicated-with-isis-officials-say.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20151115191248&#x2F;http:&#x2F;www.nytimes...</a>