Re: I think they genuinely don't see the problem.
I don't think they even see the incompatibility between "strong encryption is necessary" and "we can't have encrypted comms that we can't crack"
On the contrary, I'm sure they know. Because they have Civil Service advisors who are paid to tell them. They only sound stupid to us, but not to the people who matter - the populace who don't know anything about how encryption actually works, and who don't care, so long as the Government is seen to be trying to do something earnest about those nasty terrorists. All they have to do is continually shout about how they want to do something, but the nasty IT industry won't play ball, and they can keep it up for years (as they have done).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
