Comment by dopidopHN2

> By whom?

By the company selling the product our cities are buying. In 2026, skydio DFR drones are a common example of blurry boundaries. Flock is another. Elected official "retiring" in the private sectors is common.

I'm engaging in the Democratic process. Are you ? Beside voting once a year ?

> If the government tells big businesses "You can't use it" most of their users are automatically left unprotected for most of their activity.

Absolutely. That's our near future. What does not scale in concern citizens and encryption hobbyist still choosing to use encryption from end to end?

If the US government make THAT illegal and actually enforce it.( djb style, like in the 90s ) Then I hope that technical folks would recognized that the Rubicon has been crossed.