I don't like it either. But as a practical matter, I think we will do more to protect privacy and security by engaging with the process and honestly addressing

I don't like it either. But as a practical matter, I think we will do more to protect privacy and security by engaging with the process and honestly addressing their concerns so we can strike a balance between conflicting societal needs than we'll do with hardline stances based on inaccuracies. I think pretty rightly a lot of tech people got told off by the political process for misrepresenting what was possible and how technology worked in an effort to not have to obey social structures. I don't think most of us liked that (I sure didn't!), but we're not going to have everything our way (and especially not by lying or throwing tantrums). I mean, if I were a senator, I'd be thinking "So, they can secure a ledger with floating cryptographic difficulty when they want to make money, but a solution for national security is impossible? Yeah, fuck these guys." There just hasn't been the kind of open, honest discussion around the topic that would satisfy their concerns. And the key to having some of it our way is explaining why that issue is paramount to have our way and honestly engaging in the process to make it happen. Politics is a game of compromise and negotiation -- the government is almost certainly not only willing to concede some of the things on the FBI wishlist if better alternatives are put forward, but actually is interested in doing so. Everyone knows professional investigators ask for too much, but if no one else is putting forward honest suggestions -- what choice do politicians have?