Even on a case by case basis, the power to break encryption raises some serious questions. What if the current President or some future President goes digging through the emails of their opposition in an election year? What if the NSA starts investigating the records of politicians with a anti-NSA stance? With access to passwords and accounts, you even have to ask what if an agency like the GCHQ planted evidence in someone&#x27;s email or tweeted an embarrassing photo on their behalf? [They have the tools to do so](<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;security&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;ghcqs-chinese-menu-of-tools-spread-disinformation-across-internet&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;security&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;ghcqs-chinese-menu-o...</a>), and with power like that, they could basically destroy anyone who opposes them before they even start.<p>I don&#x27;t think perfect encryption is an impossible dream. I think it will be very hard to achieve, and we have a long way to go to getting there, but it&#x27;s important work, and right now companies, governments and people should be pouring everything they can into making it a reality. We need a lot more research into encryption, especially [information theoretic secure](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Information-theoretic_security" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Information-theoretic_security</a>) algorithms.