This is exactly why tech&#x2F;internet companies should have been spending the last year <i>educating</i> people about why encryption is important and just how much of their lives <i>relies</i> on crypto.<p>The FBI has been running their own propaganda campaign, but when James Comey talks about the supposed &quot;need&quot; for backdoors, the common response by the people that understand crypto is to talk about how stupid Comey&#x27;s suggestion was, sometimes with suggestions that he must not understand how crypto works. Meanwhile, the intended audience doesn&#x27;t hear how backdoors aren&#x27;t possible, and now have to unlearn the lesson that is &quot;bad&quot;.<p>edit:<p>A suggestion on how to educate people about encryption: remember why[1] Philip Zimmermann wrote pgp - to provide an <i>envelope</i> for network communication.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.philzimmermann.com&#x2F;EN&#x2F;essays&#x2F;WhyIWrotePGP.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.philzimmermann.com&#x2F;EN&#x2F;essays&#x2F;WhyIWrotePGP.html</a>