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Their report, Keys Under Doormats: Mandating insecurity by requiring government access to all data and communications, is worth reading in full.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2015

An impressive new technical study by a group of experts was released on July 6 just before the hearing, titled “Keys Under Doormats: Mandating Insecurity by Requiring Government Access to All Data and Communications.”

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2015

But if you're just being nice, remember: Doormats get stepped on.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2010

I expected, of course, when I declared the resolution, "Dogs not Doormats," open for general discussion that there would be some pretty plain barking, but nothing calling for the intervention of the Chair.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 by Various

"Doormats a la U. S." turned out to be a sweet cake with a sugary icing.

From The Motor Maids in Fair Japan by Stokes, Katherine