I suspect they want a backdoor that basically acts like a front door (current password regimes). That is, a kind of high level password that decrypts traffic given a specific, changing, password that only the government has access to.

It's seems like an odd-duck for sure, and I doubt it's a realistic proposition. I do think "perfect encryption for dummies" is all well and good until organized crime organizations are able to challenge the government in certain regions of our country.

All of this sends us deep into the realm of political philosophy, the nature and purpose of governments, and the freedom vs security tradeoffs we live with.

I listened to the latest Plain English podcast this morning, which was explicitly about the potential for a ransomwarepocalypse in the coming years, as open models let any tom, dick, or harry become capable of a plug-and-play ransomware attack, instead of that being left to the realm of professionals. It's a bit nerveracking to think about every nigerian prince scam suddenly becoming a sophisticated attack on your local water sanitation system.

https://youtu.be/vWvazbGPCCI

Ah, like new regulation requiring a "Portal For Law Enforcement" for platforms over X MAU or something?

I think I can kind of see that from the text re-reading it, it's kind of hidden though and not so explicit if this is what he is trying to communicate. Thanks for giving me a new perspective to read it with!