[kyled]

Mass surveillance does not stop terrorism effectively.

Bruce Schneier wrote a book called Data and Goliath and touches on the subject a bit. Simply to many false positives are detected.

But how will governments decrypt communications you say?

Simple, they hack the devices performing the communication, if they are important enough. They can then get the key if needed. Encryption forces governments to do targeted surveillance.

This isn't just about whats app, it's about all crypto systems. Without privacy, you have no liberty.

[GavinMcG]

There's no "d" – it's Bruce Schneier.

[gjkood]

I ran into this very same issue during another posting on HN. It was auto correct at play. I had to go back and reedit it twice because it was auto correcting it back to 'Schneider'.

[kyled]

Thanks