SPYING: President Obama Is Wrong On Encryption; Claims The Realist View Is ‘Absolutist.’

The President is basically doing the same thing as all the Presidential candidates, stating that there’s some sort of equivalency on both sides of the debate and that we need to find some sort of “balanced” solution short of strong encryption that will somehow let in law enforcement in some cases.

This is wrong. This is ignorant.

To his at least marginal credit, the President (unlike basically all of the Presidential candidates) did seem to acknowledge the arguments of the crypto community, but then tells them all that they’re wrong. In some ways, this may be slightly better than those who don’t even understand the actual issues at all, but it’s still problematic.

Our ruling class want you to have no secrets from them. Meanwhile, they want to tell you as little as possible.