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Regardless of how exactly it's presented on any specific occasion, it is unfortunately very clear that several prominent first world political leaders now believe either that they can have their cake and eat it when it comes to encryption and online security or that enough voters are ignorant enough to believe that even if the politicians know it to be untrue. Either way, this is not a healthy situation, and either way, it reflects very poorly on the political leaders in question.