Any system with "exceptional"/whatever they want to call it this week access mechanisms inherently reduces the security of the system, even your hypothetical fl

Any system with "exceptional"/whatever they want to call it this week access mechanisms inherently reduces the security of the system, even your hypothetical flawless system. This is because attackers rationally go for the weakest link, which becomes whatever policy mechanisms gate access to the panty-sniffer mechanism. We've seen a constant stream of stories of folks with access to surveillance mechanisms abusing them. Guards being creepy with cameras, NSA analysts stalking lovers, cops stalking lots of people. And that's just what leaks out to the press. Any sensible analysis of this sort of thing has to include the inevitability of abuse. If it doesn't include mechanisms for detecting, punishing and alerting the victim, then the priorities are made quite clear, and are a giant middle finger to the notion of personal autonomy for anyone without special legal status. Enjoy your freedom responsibly, citizen-unit. Or else.