The article is really about CEOs publicly arguing that <i>security back doors</i> are a bad idea. It&#x27;s unfortunate that mainstream press seems to be conflating &quot;encryption&quot; and &quot;security back doors&quot;, but here we are.<p>As to the argument in the article, are there other examples of non-Tim Cook CEOs of big tech companies saying anything like this?<p>&quot;But the reality is if you put a back door in, that back door&#x27;s for everybody, for good guys and bad guys&quot;<p>The closest I&#x27;ve found was a letter from many companies [1] which says &quot;introducing intentional vulnerabilities into secure products for the government’s use will make those products less secure against other attackers.&quot; Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and many others were signatories to that letter. So it certainly sounds like the companies might feel that way.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;static.newamerica.org&#x2F;attachments&#x2F;3138--113&#x2F;Encryption_Letter_to_Obama_final_051915.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;static.newamerica.org&#x2F;attachments&#x2F;3138--113&#x2F;Encrypti...</a>