> It would be 100% safer if all messages were funneled through government servers for scanning.
Uh... what?!
You do know that if you break encryption for gov't you break it for the bad guys as well?...
You do know that there are all kinds of nations that will throw you in prison if you hold the "wrong" opinions, which those opinions become known when they are funneled through the gov't servers?...
You might want to re-read that. The comment was comparing privacy preserving transactions against privacy preserving messages to illustrate the point that both are essential technologies for society.
Uh... what?!
You do know that if you break encryption for gov't you break it for the bad guys as well?...
You do know that there are all kinds of nations that will throw you in prison if you hold the "wrong" opinions, which those opinions become known when they are funneled through the gov't servers?...