Obama at SXSW: ‘Absolutist view’ on digital privacy cannot prevail
One thing I love about watching the 2016 Crypto Wars: pro-encryption people using all of the pro-gun arguments. Here are my favorites:1. Criminals will still use encryption / get guns. Only lawful people will be harmed.2. Compromises will just lead to defeat for the pro-encryption / pro-gun side.3. If we want to stand up for all of our other civil rights, we need the right to encrypt / bear arms.4. Consequentialism: the number of people being harmed by encryption/guns is smaller than the number of people who would be harmed by living in a world without encryption/guns.Personally, I think these are all solid arguments that work for both guns and encryption, but I'm generally more libertarian than many in the SF tech scene.