Gut reaction: arggh Slightly-less gut-based reaction: everyone has a different comfort zone on the privacy/security spectrum. I respect that. However, Twitter

Gut reaction: arggh Slightly-less gut-based reaction: everyone has a different comfort zone on the privacy/security spectrum. I respect that. However, Twitter is not the medium to discuss where society's zone should be, nor will a debate be productive when the starting premise is "you have to prove to me you're right" on a contentious issue. Especially if the initial justification is relatively raw and emotionally-charged. There may be an argument that encryption could have prevented the attacks (unsubstantiated), but it was definitely not the only means. For example, what about cameras or armed soldiers everywhere? Encryption also did not cause the attacks, as far as I know. Nor did it play a deadly part in the actual attack. It seems a strange place to start dissecting the problem.