‘What we’re looking for and asking for is the ability to access the device once we’ve had a warrant from an independent judge who has confirmed there is probable cause.’”
Going back 175 years you would have to get a warrant to unlock a file cabinet and read secure papers. Pretty much the same thing.
NO, it’s not. If I coded that document in that file the government could not force me under penalty of fine and jail to decrypt it.
Yup. Thomas Jefferson was an enthusiast of cryptography. This is an issue he would have personally understood. Wrote a couple of variations of the Caesar Cypher himself, and if I recall correctly, developed a hardware crypto tool as well.