... Politicians either don't understand or don't want to understand that once an encryption is broken, it is equivalent to there being no encryption in the first place. And their ignorance... And I truly want to believe that that's their ignorance. It causes such disproportional oppression, that I am stupefied that not enough people scream about it.

Still there is a possibility that it is not ignorance. There is a possibility that it is just a political stunt. A sort of red herring, to mislead you into not asking the questions of proportionality. And that they are actually just trying to take control over us all.

the politicians are merely mouth pieces and useful idiots to enable such draconian measures and the author is right in believing that it's not all merely ignorance.

my own experience as as software engineer tells me that the most gifted engineers are gung-ho about these measures because it appeals to their intellectual curiosity and the affects upon humanity for such intellectual pursuits doesn't enter into the equation at all; even the ones who are sympathetic to leftists causes don't care so long as their mortgages are paid and they can afford to put their children into the best schools.

expect no help from the tech bros and tech lefty's alike.