This is not a battle they can win. Most American's DGAF if their shit is encrypted, until the PSA campaign fighting against laws like these tells them the government is taking away their rights and able to snoop on their lives. Just like SOPA and others this will be defeated.
I would not be so sure of that. I really believe the President's guiding principle is to do whatever it is that will enrage liberals the most. If Republicans see that liberals want strong encryption, they might decide to oppose it just to piss off liberals. It's amazing to me that a lot of the same people advocating gun rights are also the ones that support government mandated encryption backdoors.
Eh.. it's messy isn't it. Politically motivated libertarians strongly support both 2nd amendment and oppose back doors. Generally speaking, the govt is always seen as the biggest threat to guard against.
Probabaly the ones supportive of backdoors are as you said, simply "trusting" of the current leader they voted for but would immediately oppose the same policy coming from a Democrat.
...which is the exact impulse and logic that should push all partisans to distrust government power to snoop on communications. There will always be someone in charge somewhere that you don't trust.
Are you sure? Yet again, privacy is being challenged, and it'll continue to be challenged. It seems like a battle with entropy, lost whenever a bill squeaks by under the public's consciousness.
Regardless, I derive emotional sustenance from your optimism.
It is worthwhile to fight the battles. But ultimately, there is no assurance that privacy will remain a legal right. I think that we need to be prepared for civil disobedience in some circumstances.
