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Their wordsAs technologists, we can’t build an access system that only works for people of a certain citizenship, or with a particular morality, or only in the presence of a specified legal document.
Our reading
The encryption argument is not security against privacy, it is more security against less security.
Their wordsWe’re not being asked to choose between security and privacy. We’re being asked to choose between less security and more security.
Our reading
Widespread encryption protects far more against bulk surveillance than against a targeted attacker.
Their wordsUbiquitous encryption protects us much more from bulk surveillance than from targeted surveillance.
Their wordsIf a sufficiently skilled, funded, and motivated attacker wants in to your computer, they’re in.