No, I am taking the language of the actual 4th Amendment to mean that the People have a right to be secure in their persons, property, etc., just as it says. Strong encryption gives me that security, just as locks on my front door do. Just because criminals can also use locks does not mean mine should be compromised to make law enforcement easier. The 4th A. does not give the Govt. the power to force a third party to weaken my security to enable them so they can execute search warrants on unrelated parties.
It’s akin to the govt. demanding that an auto manufacturer create a hotwiring kit so the govt. can impound one suspect car. I don’t want that kit to be made, because once it is, anybody can use it. It lessens the security of the People to have a general intrusion tool made.
Exactly!
You are abandoning the Fourth Amendment and relying INSTEAD on an unbreakable lock to keep your papers secure from those seeking justice - even if they have a warrant.
Claiming a “right to privacy” to do so.
What’s NOT silly is what to do when everyone has unbreakable encryption- and it’s not from a reputable company subject to the All Writs Act written by the Founders of our nation and signed by President George Washington but from some hacker?
That question is what brings to these threads.