He&#x27;s a lot closer to the larger geopolitical game being played. In the world that us techies live in, a government-controlled backdoor is an irredeemable assault on our civil liberties, not to mention useless at the actual task of national security. In his, a backdoor that US agencies can access would be an insanely useful espionage tool against Russia and China, and he has to, as a patriot, believe in our law enforcement personnel and trust them to not abuse their power.<p>Lines in the sand have been drawn. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Apple is hell-bent on giving the world real, honest-to-god security. It&#x27;s never existed before. Every technology so far had failure points that state-level actors could find and exploit.<p>Encryption technology represents a brave new world where anybody can move and hide information outside the reach of governmental authority. The stakes are incredibly high here.