Cool. I do think we should stay on offense about this. The DOJ has said they won't let up seeking legislative and court room power to demand warranted access

Cool. I do think we should stay on offense about this. The DOJ has said they won't let up seeking legislative and court room power to demand warranted access to encrypted data. The problem with this is that as a society, we are not all focused on the right ways to keep each other safe. Of course, we as technologists know that no such law is enforceable given the existence of free and open source software. But the rest of society doesn't get that, and some portion of them are simply taking our word for it. Given another terrorist attack in which encrypted communications is somehow shown to be a factor, some of the public could swing the other way. I believe it is our civil duty as technologists to educate each other about this issue in a respectful manner. We must not assume there is some nefarious government position. That hurts our ability to convince those people who do trust the government. And, those are precisely the folks we want to convince. We're on the winning side of this ride now and we should ride the wave as long as it is carrying us towards greater public understanding of encryption and technology. We'll be safer on balance and have a better IT industry if we do so.