Many folks in law enforcement and politics seem genuinely confused about the popularity of end-to-end encrypted messaging, like we all just decided to become anarchists or something. That’s not at all the dynamic we’re seeing here. The entire basis of our communications infrastructure shifted in a direction that’s inimical to privacy; encryption is the obvious solution.

If you had the most cynical possible view of humanity and its governments, you’d expect government agencies to be making a *huge* push to end encryption right now; or at least adorn it with mass-scanning infrastructure. And sure enough, that’s exactly what we’re seeing all around the world. https://www.globalencryption.org/2023/04/statement-on-eu-us-cooperation-against-encryption/

@matthew_d_green it's not cynical at all, it's realistic. you don't have an absolute legal right to privacy in this country and never have. They believe that your privacy is balanced against their ability to effectively prevent crime and enforce the law. They can and will make laws to prevent you using encryption that they cannot surveil. When the government says you have a right to privacy, they don't mean from _them_.