Government and Encryption: Who's Next?

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WhatsApp appears to be the next target in the government's fight to
access encrypted information. The messaging service has told a court it
is unable to comply with a law enforcement wiretap warrant because it
does not hold the keys to the encrypted data in question.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/us/politics/whatsapp-encryption-said-to-stymie-wiretap-order.html?_r=0

[White Stripes]

gov: we want the keys to this persons lock

lockmaker: this customer made their own key

gov: but its your lock

lockmaker: ....your point?

gov: so pick the lock

lockmaker: thats a technical impossibility

gov: see you in court..