Who persuades politicians it’s a good idea for the security services to be able to scan all their messages? I am absolutely certain that the politicians have absolutely no clue what they’re being asked to implement.
Those services don't know that an account belongs to a politician or that they're using it for exempt purposes.
Politicians are ALWAYS getting nailed by leaks from various computer-based communication systems that they use. Most of them don't seem to be able to get their heads around how any of this work.
The French law that makes it legal for the government to hack your phone has a bunch of exceptions so it's not legal for the government to hack important people's phones.
No they won't. They'll never be sure if their data is secure.
https://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkel-and-hundreds-of-german-p...
Those who go into that profession are longing to control other people by means of the monopoly of violence that the government has.
That MP in the interview is what happens when you give the power to knock down doors and arrest people to somone who likes to get into argument about ethics with people in the news site comment section.
https://gizmodo.com/the-fbis-fake-encrypted-honeypot-phones-...