History teaches us that methods used for access with a warrant will be abused to get access without a warrant. It teaches us that warrants will be obtained fra

History teaches us that methods used for access with a warrant will be abused to get access without a warrant. It teaches us that warrants will be obtained fraudulently. It teaches us that law enforcement personnel are no more trustworthy than any other person. The instincts of these organizations is to vacuum up every bit of communication that they can, and figure out how to justify access to it later. In such a world, there is no true privacy. The only method we have to combat this instinct is widely-available and widely-used strong encryption.