The government does not have a right to wiretap, and citizens are not obligated to make their property searchable by the government. The ease with which the go

The government does not have a right to wiretap, and citizens are not obligated to make their property searchable by the government. The ease with which the government has been able to wiretap and search computers was a side effect of technological immaturity not a design intention. Heck, one can think of wiretapping as one of the first hacks of the phone system. As the numerous recent data breaches have demonstrated, we need to build systems as securely as possible. Allowing anyone besides the key owner access to the data requires that the system be made fundamentally less secure. We have presumption of innonocence in the USA which means I am assumed to be a Good Guy (tm) until the government proves otherwise by due process of law. Furthermore, a citizen's desire not to disclose information to the government is not ns indication of guilt (5th amendment). The author of this these editorials either forgets or misunderstands these rights -- accepting the argument that everyone should surrender their privacy rights if they nothing hide. Living in a free society requires citizens take some degree of personal risk.