I’m not so sure the “backdoor” longing of govt officials even makes sense from a wider policy standpoint, since tech companies which were known to cooperate would likely lose a ton of business over time from millions of people with perfectly legal concerns about their privacy etc. Even one company (possibly overseas) which was known as impervious to govt surveillance might corral a lot of the market over time. The end result after some years might simply be that some/most tech companies had lost a lot of market share to those companies (often foreign) which did not cooperate. Are we going to ban all sale and use of electronic devices from companies which DO NOT allow the govt access channels for LEO?
I don’t think it’s such an easy issue, at least.