In the news, and in Congress lately, there has been a substantial amount of discussion about encryption. From the Apple-FBI scuffle over decrypting iPhones, to WhatsApp’s decision to adopt encryption, to Congress recent bill to end encryption by another name, the Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016, encryption is a major issue in America today.

But at the end of the day, the encryption issue simply does not have two sides. There is a mathematically justified side, and a side that doesn’t know what they’re talking about. You cannot just refuse to accept mathematical reality and demand a different answer from the universe.

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