I think the article's premise is right... whenever I see the U.S. Government encroach like this, or try to undermine domestic security, I always want to ask those Senators, and other government representatives if they'd be okay with China, Russia, Iran and the like also having these tools... because they rarely stay secret when they're created.
Those same government representatives don't see any problem with asymmetry between governments, because of course a good American company should respect the American government (or more to the point, is subject to US jurisdiction).
It's not about the U.S. having tools other countries don't have.... when it comes to something like this, if created, it's a matter of when they have them.
Strong security is strong security... creating artificial back doors, regardless of intent, weakens security... We already have a three letter agency whose job it is to crack these things, why isn't the FBI making these demands to the NSA to build?
