There’s been an alarming increase in Law Enforcement’s campaigning for mandatory backdoors in communication software. They are increasingly taking their case “to the people” with dishonest Op Eds intended to induce fear of terrorism and the other four horsemen.
Bruce Schneier, an actual expert on these matters, explains why even if Law Enforcement got their backdoors it would only make the terrorism problem worse. His article has links to some of the nonsense that the FBI and others are pushing so you can see what they’re saying. Sadly, you may read Schneier’s piece but most of the people being subjected to the onslaught won’t so they’ll be getting only the lies and distortions.
You may want to read the article following the one above as well. It talks further about the war of words raging between Law Enforcement and the tech community. Both are from Schneier’s Crypto-Gram, a monthly newsletter on security matters. If you’re interested in the area you should definitely subscribe. It’s free and always has lots of good material.