It would look like a magician&#x27;s trick... Look at this shiny object (money for impossible algorithms (aka just a little bit pregnant)) while setting up the real goal.<p>Now that the phone company keeps the records, we have access to more than metadata. Now that Congress passed the Omnibus, we can legally share with everyone. Now that we have a campaign to claim encryption = terrorist, we can make strong encryption a criminal-seeming activity. Now that we looked like we broke Tor nobody will trust it. Now that companies can&#x27;t be sued, we don&#x27;t have to worry about the courts. Now that ....<p>LOOK OVER THERE! ... A presidential candidate waving tax dollars!