First, I love it when the language in a debate evolves. Everyone for secure communication is now am absolutist. It's like what was attempted with pro-life. Oh,

First, I love it when the language in a debate evolves. Everyone for secure communication is now am absolutist. It's like what was attempted with pro-life. Oh, so you're anti-life? What a horrible argument though. We should ban a readily available technology so the average consumer's communications are no longer secure? Anyone who has half a brain is going to just download non backdoored technology (or write it themselves) when they need to communicate securely. Most criminals committing major crimes are smart enough to be this careful. Also, saying the tech sector is libertarian? I'd give up the majority of my income to taxes if it meant no one went hungry. I still believe in a right to privacy and secure communication. My mom would never send personal information (credit card mainly) over text when I was younger. I thought she was nuts. Now I see how right she was when learning about stingrays and other cell site simulators. You can call me a privacy extremist if you want, and paint me in there next to all the other extremists. If you ever start looking into how broken our communication systems currently are, and how easy it is for criminals to eavesdrop, you'll likely become an extremist too. Political movements can also change rapidly. Backdoored communication means to can be targeted politically, for your race, religion, sexual orientation, and opinions. I'm not willing to gamble on the government's good nature now nor in the future.