This article originally appeared on VICE UKDavid Cameron has made possibly the worst play in history if he's still hoping to hook in some of that cool youth vote: He's threatened to ban every young person's two primary junk photo communication tools, Snapchat and WhatsApp.In a statement made yesterday, Cameron said that—should he somehow figure out a way to lead the country for a second term—he would crack down on forms of communication that cannot be read by security services even if they have a warrant. That means encrypted services like Telegram, Apple iMessage, FaceTime, all those massive WhatsApp groups you're in where everyone is planning a big awful holiday, and your primary form of watching videos that aren't quite funny enough for Vine: Snapchat.
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