It's surreal reading what Baker is saying. Companies aren't generally afraid of their employees, and any competent IT department can manage BYOD. The reality is that privacy and security has become an extremely important differentiator, and I'm glad to see Apple and Google both capitalizing on it.
This was by far the scariest part;
"But I’ve worked with these companies and as soon as they get
a law enforcement request no matter how liberal or
enlightened they think they are, sooner to later they find
some crime that is so loathsome they will do anything to
find that person and identify them so they can be punished."
Seriously? Yes, just advertise your complete contempt for following due process, because, you know, it's easier to catch crooks that way. Thank you for proving within the article exactly why end-to-end cryptography is needed, so that we don't have to trust people like this to actually follow the law.
This was by far the scariest part;
Seriously? Yes, just advertise your complete contempt for following due process, because, you know, it's easier to catch crooks that way. Thank you for proving within the article exactly why end-to-end cryptography is needed, so that we don't have to trust people like this to actually follow the law.