True, but this is a part of the issue that can be raised separately from what Obama and the DOJ are talking about.
I think we really should stay focused on the legal battle. If the government brings up federal level legislation mandating backdoors in IT companies' products, we're going to need a very educated public to understand how encryption works and what's really at stake. Right now, our head of state is spreading FUD that he believes to be accurate and we know is false. This must be corrected if we are to maintain public safety, and secondarily, a growing economy.
I think we really should stay focused on the legal battle. If the government brings up federal level legislation mandating backdoors in IT companies' products, we're going to need a very educated public to understand how encryption works and what's really at stake. Right now, our head of state is spreading FUD that he believes to be accurate and we know is false. This must be corrected if we are to maintain public safety, and secondarily, a growing economy.