&gt; Encryption could also help obstruct justice and let criminals get away with things.<p>That&#x27;s fine with me. The actions of the few does not justify the loss of privacy for all.<p>&gt; Most people won&#x27;t understand till it impacts them personally but imagine if you are robbed of all your money and the answer of who did it lies in a computer you are able to get your hand on. Wouldn&#x27;t you love it if the police had a backdoor now.<p>No, I don&#x27;t. Because that means the police can get into my data at any given time without any oversight and without me ever knowing it. It also means that anyone could attack my system and get that money as well.<p>I&#x27;ve been in this situation many times in the past, I&#x27;ve lost a lot of sensitive data because I forgot the password to my encrypted DMG files and I&#x27;ve moved on and I still encrypt my stuff in the DMG files.<p>Do I think the police and others should have a backdoor into my DMG files? No, and there is absolutely nothing that will ever justify it, not even terrorism or even the life of my family.<p>More Americans have been killed by Americans in the past few years than the entire history of terrorist attacks combined.<p>How about we take actions to ban guns in the country and see how it works.<p>&gt; The question is how much liberty are we willing to give up for protection.<p>None. I don&#x27;t deserve protection if I don&#x27;t care about my privacy.<p>&gt; We can&#x27;t let a corporation or the government anchor our opinions on the left or right.<p>Sure we can, by voting and with our money. People trust Apple because they do focus on security of their devices.<p>It was the same thing with RIM&#x2F;BlackBerry.