It is hard to imagine that "modern" encryption would be susceptible to known plaintext attacks, please provide some citations.
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I do not know what metric you use to define "better"
I also find the phrasing rather odd. The open source movement is about "free as in speech, not beer".
Maybe it's meant to list "free alternatives" which is completely valid thing to do.
You just answered the question. Because they are the elected representatives. If you didn't trust them, why did you elect them in the first place?