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I've always wondered why politicians in America take similar stances (outside of a few like Rand Paul). Even a wild card like Trump should see how unpopular som

• kelnos 3y ago
  The problem is that they aren't as unpopular as you think. Once the government and media trot out the "think of the children" and "law and order" narratives, with a helping of "if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide", a lot of people support legally mandated broken encryption. It's a lot harder to explain to the average voter the negative consequences this has on privacy, in a way that will actually make them upset about it. And many mainstream media agencies don't even bother to try.
  • TheCaptain4815 3y ago
    Maybe before, or in the aftermath of 9/11. But we haven’t seen a major candidate even attempt this since Rand never gets higher than a few percentages. I’d love to ask Obama why this wasn’t the case.
• hackerlight 3y ago
  > Are the intelligence agencies really that influential? More like: Is the general public really scared of terrorism?