Oh, I agree. I think they're idiots for making this demand. However, they're looking at this from a security/law and order perspective. They got positively hammered for failing to prevent 9/11 and they've been scrambling to catch up ever since. Even before then during the Clinton administration there was the Clipper Chip scandal where they were demanding backdoor access to computers and encryption. Why?
"If you knew what I knew, you'd want this too."
My answer was and continues to be: "until I know what you know, my answer remains 'no.'"
Oh, I agree. I think they're idiots for making this demand. However, they're looking at this from a security/law and order perspective. They got positively hammered for failing to prevent 9/11 and they've been scrambling to catch up ever since. Even before then during the Clinton administration there was the Clipper Chip scandal where they were demanding backdoor access to computers and encryption. Why?
"If you knew what I knew, you'd want this too."
My answer was and continues to be: "until I know what you know, my answer remains 'no.'"