Encryption is a necessity
Companies should be encouraged to aggressively strengthen the security of their products, rather than undermine that security.On the other hand, I think they should most certainly not be encouraged to secure products against their users:http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.htmlWhat worries me the most about this seemingly frantic push for more encryption is that it will accelerate the proliferation and acceptance of locked-down, user-hostile devices. Security is important but so is freedom, and I feel like we've already sacrificed too much of the latter for the former...