Not really. While that specific quote wasn't about surveillance, Franklin was decidedly pro-encryption, as were most of the Founding Fathers. They all "encrypte

Not really. While that specific quote wasn't about surveillance, Franklin was decidedly pro-encryption, as were most of the Founding Fathers. They all "encrypted" their letters regularly with elaborate codes and ciphers to thwart surveillance by colonial authorities. The Revolution probably would have been impossible without it. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/h3ll0-mr-pr3s1d3nt/521193/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/h3ll0-mr...