| >I have been wondering if there is a way to satisfy law enforcement without breaking encryption or adding backdoors I'd say "how about having law enforcement do, you know, police work to catch the bad guys?" Police can already get warrants for just about anything -- as long as they can convince a judge they have probable cause[0] -- without too much of a hassle already. Giving them keys to unlock everything is the wrong way to go about it. Get enough evidence to convince a judge (not that hard) and you can get a warrant. However, that doesn't mean anyone, even criminals, should be forced to make it easy for them. Law enforcement obviously has way too much time on their hands, with the amount of lobbying they do to increase their ability to chip away at civil liberties and privacy. Crazy thought: maybe they should use those resources to do real police work instead. [0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/probable_cause |