The evidence cited for cruz is a little weird; he's come out against NSA surveillance, but he's also for forcing Apple to comply with the court order to backdoo

The evidence cited for cruz is a little weird; he's come out against NSA surveillance, but he's also for forcing Apple to comply with the court order to backdoor the phone. He is a bit of a constitutional nerd, though, so I suspect he's more similar to Obama in this respect than you might think considering how different they are in most respects. I'd put him on the moderate side, or at least as a wild card. Also, I would put Clinton in the rabidly anti-privacy camp if just for this stance she took after San Bernadino: http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/could-hillary-clinton-s-encryption-manhattan-project-work-n484086 http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/could-hillary-clinton-s.... She clearly has no desire for privacy from governments except through legal constraints. Furthermore, her understanding of technology as demonstrated by stances on her email servers, on encryption, and on video games, is outweighed by her desire to either (ab)use technology regardless, or attempt to intervene in it. Not great for an executive, which you would hope would be conservative (slow to move) OR knowledgeable OR defer to a strong cabinet.