The FBI wants a backdoor only it can use – but wanting it doesn’t make it possible

Much like climate change denialists, politicians continue to debate encryption – ignoring the consensus of experts that it must not be compromisedThe FBI’s demand that Apple create a defeat device for decrypting a phone that belonged to a mass murderer has all the ingredients for a disastrous public conversation. Combine a highly technical debate about information security with an emotionally charged subject matter, then confuse the whole issue with a 24-hour news cycle tick-tock abo