How can an arcane, complex, technical argument ever prevail against raw emotional appeals? "the iPhone will become the phone of choice for the pedophile" [1] (

How can an arcane, complex, technical argument ever prevail against raw emotional appeals? "the iPhone will become the phone of choice for the pedophile" [1] (see also terrorist, serial killer, etc.) Immediately after the Paris attacks: "If you create a product that allows these monsters to behave in this way, that’s a big problem." [2] Atrocities are inevitable, and whether the perpetrators use encryption or not, our leaders seize each disaster as an opportunity to push their surveillance agenda. All the informed discussions on HN are worthless against this kind of emotional propaganda. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/09/26/the-phone-of-choice-for-the-pedophile/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201... [2] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/16/cia-director-john-brennan-criticises-surveillance-reform-paris-attacks http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/16/cia-director-jo...