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by WhoBeI 3128 days ago
No, they need facts, the willingness to learn and the courage to think for themselves. "Guidance" is just another way of saying "my way".
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Many politicians still believe that secret backdoors are the silver bullet to the encryption "problem", after how many experts keep saying security and backdoors are incompatible?

I don't believe it's nearly as black-and-white as you would make it out to be. There is a middle ground where our industry has a responsibility to not only "give the facts", but also provide guidance, especially when explicitly asked for.