U.S. May Outlaw Messaging Encryption Used by WhatsApp, iMessage and Others

The fantasy of an encryption backdoor that only the good guys can use is just as realistic as the prospect of manufacturing firearms that only the good guys can use. Equally impossible. Not to mention, the definition of "good guys" is a political whimsy.

Don't give an inch in the war on math.

The title of this article is phenomenally bad. Yes outlawing encryption certainly is an outcome, but just like the article says even the executive branch is split on this issue. Much better title would have been "US Govt Renews End to End Encryption Debate"

If the trump administration decides to do this, there will be backlash. There will also be immediately ways of getting around whatever rules the put in place.

Part of me almost a wants the US government to try just to see what people come up with.