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no bull and the aftermath.

I think Fairminded people have to recognize that there are tremendous benefits to a society

from encryption.

There are tremendous costs to a society from universal strong encryption.

And how do we think about that?

A group of tech companies and some prominent folks wrote a letter to the president yesterday

that I frankly found depressing because their letter contains no acknowledgement that

there are societal costs to universal encryption.

Look, I recognize the challenges facing our tech companies, competitive challenges, regulatory

challenges overseas, all kinds of challenges.

I recognize the benefits of encryption.

But I think Fairminded people also have to recognize the costs associated with that.

And so I read this letter and I think these folks don't see what I see or they're not

fair minded and either one of those things is depressing to me.

So I just got to continue to have the conversation.

I don't know the answer, but I don't think a democracy should drift to a place where suddenly

your law enforcement people say, well, actually we, the Fourth Amendment is an awesome thing,

but we actually can't access any information.

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