&gt; I don&#x27;t think that federal intelligence and law enforcement officials calling for backdoors have fully thought through the consequences<p>I think assuming that level of incompetence is a big claim.<p>It&#x27;s simply much more likely that the <i>actual</i> plans&#x2F;goals and the talking points and press releases about the plans&#x2F;goals are mostly unrelated, as usual. You can infer that those calling for backdoors have decided that calling for backdoors is the best thing to say, inferring anything more requires more information.