wow, when you put it that way it's like saying "either I have the right to own a gun or I do not." So I guess if people except limits on gun ownership they should accept limits on encryption cuz it's just as dangerous?
Actually no. What I'm saying is that you do have the right to own a gun, but there are limits on gun ownership.
* Minors cannot buy guns.
* Convicted felons cannot buy guns in most circumstances.
* There are numerous locations in which it is illegal to bring a gun.
* There are numerous types of guns that you are not allowed to own.
To me personally the concept of even owning a gun is utterly ridiculous, but I guess American people would be incredibly upset if every gun had to come with a built-in remotely controlled switch that could be used by the police to disable it. This is essentially what they are trying to do with encryption - you are free to use it, but we want to be able to manually switch it off if we want to.
