[Sevrene]

to discourage startups with consumer encryption solutions

How does this defend the country against cyber attacks? Surely it just makes it easier. Have I misunderstood you?

Also, on a side note, I really dislike how the word cyber is now ingrained in our vocabulary.

[xnull6guest]

The US exports technology around the world and the US is also wary about domestic threats (they will not admit this). Widespread access to E2E encryption thwarts global surveillance and legitimate law enforcement (imagine insider trading), both inside and outside the country, and weakens America's national power. She feels she needs every advantage right now.

Here's one article that mentions E2E encryption: https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/23/defense-department-sili...

[happyscrappy]

>She feels she needs every advantage right now.

There are a lot more advantages that could be taken if necessary, the actual problem is that the US is too powerful and the world needs more balance.

[xnull2guest]

> the actual problem is that the US is too powerful and the world needs more balance

Whether or not this is the actual problem, this isn't what the US government thinks and we are analyzing the US governments behavior by examining what she thinks.