[jonpaine]

VERY interesting. Thanks for posting. I wasn't familiar with CALEA.

For clarity, a CALEA type approach wouldn't compel a company to ACTIVELY subvert their own systems (as in Apple creating new tools for the Gov't to achieve that end under All Writs).

Instead, CALEA would force companies to create LESS secure systems from the start which could then be subverted passively (no All Writs component) on request to allow for "lawful intercept". Is that a fair characterization?

But in sum, a legal argument based on CALEA. Makes sense. Thanks-