> Most people that work in politics or intelligence in liberal states aren't in it for the power. Could be, but you're making a VERY dangerous assumption about

> Most people that work in politics or intelligence in liberal states aren't in it for the power. Could be, but you're making a VERY dangerous assumption about their lack of gullibility. Technology is a difficult field to understand - just look at all the asinine content filtering proposals to get a feel just how out of their depth well-meaning politicians can be. Now think about encryption, an inherently much more difficult subject. The same, or similarly well-intentioned, politicians are going to be completely out of their depth. They can be goaded, led and nudged towards a goal they do not, and indeed can not understand. Make no mistake. This proposal and its talking points are being fed to the talking heads by parties who want to outlaw end-to-end encryption. The politicians talking about this are probably innocent of malice, but they sure as hell are guilty of heinous ignorance.