Brightball's comment here is relevant in this context as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45579968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45579968 We b

Brightball's comment here is relevant in this context as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45579968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45579968 We build robust encryption, then comes the naive-ignorant wave of "why do we need this? let's remove it" because policymakers don't grasp the extent of it, nor have any clue how it works and why.