> It's the job of the rest of society to push back against that, and to make it clear that it is not an acceptable compromise to make, and that we are willing t

> It's the job of the rest of society to push back against that, and to make it clear that it is not an acceptable compromise to make, and that we are willing to constrain them. +1 > I just can't help but feel that painting such agencies as fools is an ineffective approach to doing that. No, but such a tactic could will help to dissuade young people from pursuing careers in those agencies, which could lead to their long-term atrophy and therefore become fools. Especially if the young people instead work against such agencies by learning and implementing strong end-to-end cryptography.