[01HNNWZ0MV43FF]

That sounds like a golden key approach, and the problem is your communication is no longer protected by math, it's only protected by the will of a stranger to be tortured by the government to protect you

https://www.rsaconference.com/library/blog/a-golden-key-to-u...

The back and forth discussion on cryptography is happening because there just isn't much middle ground. Either someone else can read your messages, or nobody else can. If one person can read them, the government will push on then until they crack.

[wulfstan]

No, I don't accept that this is the case any more than the root certificate system is a golden key. I'm quite sure that Apple can issue me a certificate that allows me to build a custom version of iOS that can be flashed onto my phone; why doesn't the same thing apply to other things?

[benmmurphy]

The two things you are talking about are very different. One is signatures and one is encryption.