I could imagine a Manahattan-like project that does quantum crypto and breaks standard RSA/ECC keys. Or an extension to what NSA already does: a giant database

I could imagine a Manahattan-like project that does quantum crypto and breaks standard RSA/ECC keys. Or an extension to what NSA already does: a giant database of exploits to most systems on the earth. It's a really, really stupid and irrelevant discussion. The problem the government has is not that terrorists are using encryption. Is that EVERYBODY is using encryption compromising the data-mining and passive surveillance they rely on to generate leads. Once you know who the suspects are, the encryption they might be using is the last concern because you can use active methods. So what Hillary is really asking is for a way to tap and analyze the billions of conversation of the citizens of the world, some of which might be terrorists.