[georgestephanis]

Bruce Schneier has one of the best posts I've ever read on why Encryption is important here: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/06/why_we_encryp... -- great resource to share to people who don't understand it.

[lectrick]

And Martin Fowler has one of the best posts I've ever read on why privacy is important for a democracy: http://martinfowler.com/articles/bothersome-privacy.html