Reading all of the comments I am deeply concerned. Everyone who is opposed to this is doing 'their side' a disservice. Comments are about how stupid, or ill i

Reading all of the comments I am deeply concerned. Everyone who is opposed to this is doing 'their side' a disservice. Comments are about how stupid, or ill informed the Home Secretary and advisors are, or that they are being blackmailed by the intelligence services. Seriously? These kinds of comments are not going to get the broader public to support your ideals. I think you misunderstand why she (and law enforcement) believe that they should have access to the messages. If the terrorist called someone they can get a warrant for the metadata and see who he called and whether it is relevant to the investigation. If the terrorist sent an SMS they can get a warrant for it. However, if the terrorist sends a WhatsApp message what can they get? Why should a WhatsApp message be treated different from an SMS? That is what we as the tech community need to explain, why backdoors, weak encryption, and escrow are not a solution. I value my privacy. I want my messages to be secure. But if the tech community keep acting like most of the comments on this, we will lose.