I'd say it's the opposite. As a developer it's part of our professional responsibilities to at least try to erect privacy- and security-preserving systems, beca

I'd say it's the opposite. As a developer it's part of our professional responsibilities to at least try to erect privacy- and security-preserving systems, because, well, we're the experts. I don't want a world where the average computer user has to be paranoid about their computer privacy any more than I want the average bridge user to have to be paranoid about whether this or that bridge is more likely to give way during their daily commute.