I don&#x27;t really understand what you&#x27;re trying to say here. I agree that she doesn&#x27;t understand the tech and that specific statement could very easily be taken as just another example of ignorant politician double-speak.<p>&gt; You’re going to hear all of the usual complaints, you know, freedom of speech, et cetera. But if we truly are in a war against terrorism and we are truly looking for ways to shut off their funding, shut off the flow of foreign fighters, then we’ve got to shut off their means of communicating. It’s more complicated with some of what they do on encrypted apps, and I’m well aware of that, and that requires even more thinking about how to do it.<p>This quote (video: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vimeo.com&#x2F;148092658" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vimeo.com&#x2F;148092658</a>), shows a more perturbing side of the issue that goes beyond simply not understanding encryption. She <i>might</i> not understand the technology, but she does understand that freedom of speech and, arguably, one of the other bits of &quot;et cetera&quot; she&#x27;s referring to would be privacy, shouldn&#x27;t get in the way of &quot;fighting terrorism&quot;.<p>Not to turn this into a purely political argument, since this is a problem on both sides of the ticket. (Trump has said equally egregious things, but I&#x27;m still hopeful that he won&#x27;t sniff the White House). Just saying, _please_ don&#x27;t be so naive as to dismiss the political rhetoric as simply technological ignorance.