This is more fundamental than any "back door".
The question here is: do you place any trust in government?
If not, then you really can't function in a normal society. Good luck building your own army.
And my army can beat your army.
The question here is: do you place any trust in government?
If not, then you really can't function in a normal society. Good luck building your own army.
And my army can beat your army.
The Snowden leaks have shown the NSA's system-wide abuse and sealed courtroom judgements allowing rampant abuse and overreach by the NSA where they're able to operate free from oversight where even most of Congress had no idea what they were doing.
> If not, then you really can't function in a normal society. Good luck building your own army.
This ridiculous conclusion tantamounts to we either have to trust the US Govt or we need to build a private army. We are already functioning in a society without the need of a private army. We also live in a time where we can protect our sensitive information from the US Govt with readily-available strong encryption. Do I trust the US Govt with my most sensitive information? No I don't. Do I need a private Army? No, no I don't.
I can have trust in a government, but not in some of the individuals that make up that government. And I would want necessary protection from said individuals.
Enter: encryption.
Trust but verify, for the record I don't place any trust in any part of government I and others can't audit in some way.