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You can't make 'deals' with mathematics. As you can't make 'deals' with physics.

• matthewdgreen 6y ago
  You can make deals with the companies that run app stores, however, and that’s the only tool the government needs in order to crush mass-adoption of encryption. I wish that Google and Apple would both recognize the threat that their business model poses to our freedom.
  • zepto 6y ago
    It’s not their business model that’s the problem. It’s the fact that the rest of us haven’t solved the problems of creating an open but also trustable and usable alternative.
• webmaven 6y ago
  > You can't make 'deals' with mathematics. As you can't make 'deals' with physics. Reminiscent of the 'bargaining' stage of grief. IOW, can't make 'deals' with death, either.
• cramexam 6y ago
  The widespread deployment of some math can be regulated, and this would have the same effect. Most consumers won't know the difference whether their Whatsapp encryption has a lawful access mechanism. For a small percentage of users with the means and motivation, this may be true, but "making a deal with math/science" likely isn't the goal.