"Mr. Obama, on a trip to Stanford in February, had expressed sympathy with those who were striving to protect privacy, even while saying it had to be balanced a

"Mr. Obama, on a trip to Stanford in February, had expressed sympathy with those who were striving to protect privacy, even while saying it had to be balanced against the concerns of the F.B.I. and other agencies that fear “going dark” because of new encryption technologies." "Expressing sympathy" means absolutely nothing when concrete actions have been taken to undermine privacy and security. I hope that the tech industry can organize around resisting the government to provide security and privacy for their users. The more robust anti-spying measures we have, the more secure we'll be from malicious actors who would use our communications against us for their own gain.