You're correct to point out that this debate is about a change in the staus quo: law enforcement used to be able to access the dominant communications system wi

You're correct to point out that this debate is about a change in the staus quo: law enforcement used to be able to access the dominant communications system with a lawful order, proper crypto removes that capability. It is inevitable that this change, lwft unchecked, will increase citizen privacy AND decrease law enforcement effectiveness. The HN community is very aware of these privacy benefits, but skeptical about the security costs. I wonder how far security must slip before those costs become apparent. Until that happens, we basically have two camps of experts talking past eachother. The tech community sees the privacy cost, the law enforcement sees the security cost. Both back up their claims with "trust us, this is what we do for a living." This makes it very difficult to create a policy solution.