[thissideup]

Dangerously close? We've already gone down the rabbit hole.

It will take a long time to undo the damage these people are doing to our society.

[miander]

I really hope it can be undone, but it might be too late. When the general public doesn't understand what end-to-end encryption is or how important it is in their daily lives, who is really in the position to stop them? It's not the public's fault either. They never learn about this in the course of their regular studies, even in college. The EFF is working hard to educate people, but as the NSA has shown once you fall into the hole climbing out is much harder.

[chisleu]

Seriously... If you think he is merely "getting close" to authoritarianism, you are probably an authoritarian yourself and just don't recognize it. :)