Of course NSA would have this opinion. They depend on you believing it so they don't have to buy the newest D-wave or whatever. If we adopted properly encrypte

Of course NSA would have this opinion. They depend on you believing it so they don't have to buy the newest D-wave or whatever. If we adopted properly encrypted communications back in the 90's (when others were also trying to pretty much illegalize it), nobody would be complaining about speed today. The problem is, everyone ignored encryption ("I've got nothing to hide!") and now that they're learning that they actually do need it, they're not willing to accept the drop in speed it would entail. Everything up to now has been sold based on how much faster it is. Security is still hindsight, and the perception of even slightly slower bandwidth infuriates people for no real reason besides. NSA is up to its same old predictable game. They rely on public laziness and fixation on shiny new things.