This whole this is complicated. Trying to do right for people on privacy while also doing right by endangered children. I like what Alex Stamos had to say about it... https://mobile.twitter.com/alexstamos/status/142405454287900...
There seems to be an ethos in tech that says if you can do something to prevent this evil in society you are obliged to do it. No consideration for underlying principles, and no distinction between what are values and what are principles. You compromise values all the time. Principles are steadfast.
I dunno man.
I think I can see the issue pretty clearly here.
- Real harm is enabled with encryption. I get it.
- Back doors break encryption for everyone and don't stop encryption for bad guys.
Am I missing something?
With that one post, Apple and Tim earned trust from a group of people that trust very few. And in an instance, both Apple and Tim have now burned all of it.