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<blockquote data-quote="ebocious" data-source="post: 1109932" data-attributes="member: 75834">Government has the ability to track IP data, and collaborate with ISPs and other relevant parties to intercept communications if criminal activity is suspected. In some cases, they may try to hack into a computer with a warrant, but this is rare, and their ability to do so may be impacted by the presence of strong security. In such cases, they obtain a warrant to physically seize a device. I&#039;m not aware of any historical evidence of a backdoor that allows them to simply waltz in any time they want. And security software isn&#039;t all made in the US, or vetted by government for compliance with backdoor policies. Microsoft, Apple, and Google (Alphabet) have all gone to court to fight for users&#039; privacy.I don&#039;t share the kind of paranoia you have, such that you support an authoritarian state. I could support Internet licensing, or perhaps working with the Department of Education to require classes in computing and Web security. If government were endowed with the kind of absolute power that you suggest, criminals would simply infiltrate government itself, and have their way with everyone&#039;s private data.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ebocious, post: 1109932, member: 75834"] Government has the ability to track IP data, and collaborate with ISPs and other relevant parties to intercept communications if criminal activity is suspected. In some cases, they may try to hack into a computer with a warrant, but this is rare, and their ability to do so may be impacted by the presence of strong security. In such cases, they obtain a warrant to physically seize a device. I'm not aware of any historical evidence of a backdoor that allows them to simply waltz in any time they want. And security software isn't all made in the US, or vetted by government for compliance with backdoor policies. Microsoft, Apple, and Google (Alphabet) have all gone to court to fight for users' privacy. I don't share the kind of paranoia you have, such that you support an authoritarian state. I could support Internet licensing, or perhaps working with the Department of Education to require classes in computing and Web security. If government were endowed with the kind of absolute power that you suggest, criminals would simply infiltrate government itself, and have their way with everyone's private data. [/QUOTE]

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