@tiredjules gooooooood question.

The thing I hate most about how it's framed is like "oh we can't get into this confirmed criminal's phone to investigate his search history", which is sympathetic to people because the stated target is a mass killer. But 1) getting into their phone gets you nothing because he's already confirmed guilty, 2) there's no overt discussion about being able to prevent this thing by spying, but that's the emotional hook and 3) (most significant) no one ever says "if you can get into his phone you can get into everyone's phone".

@Maenad
YEP. You can't get past encryption like you can pick a lock if you get into one that method is as good as worthless. The arguments are really dishonest. Even then I just can't figure out how conservatives yelling about their rights have no trouble with mass surveillance and breaking what makes privacy on the internet even possible.

@Maenad
I bet their tune would change if there was an NRA for encryption. 🙄