I think its a great one to include, and absolutely belongs in this article. Of course very few well-informed readers here will agree with the stance, but there'

I think its a great one to include, and absolutely belongs in this article. Of course very few well-informed readers here will agree with the stance, but there's no escaping that politically this has been an enormous issue in the US and other countries like the UK. This really rose to the fore in the heated exchange between the FBI and Apple over access to the San Bernadino shooter's iPhone. If the FBI hadn't found an alternate route to the contents of that phone, it's very possible Apple would have been forced into a high stakes legal battle with the FBI, and subsequently could have triggered a draconian legislative response. The seriousness with which Tim Cook took the issue and his highly public responses at the time is testament to how badly (for encryption advocates) that could have turned out. The FBI are still very publicly criticizing Apple's stance recently too. There are no shortage of politicians out there who see things like mandated back doors for law enforcement as a great idea, and all it will take is the next San Bernadino style stand-off to throw this thing back into the public consciousness. I strongly believe proposals to regulate encryption on consumer devices will absolutely rear their ugly head again in the future. Encryption technology had a long history of legal regulation too, wasn't really until the Clinton administration that much of this was rolled back. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars