There is an interesting MacWorld
article that discusses the future civil rights impact of this issue. The gist of the article is "The crux of the issue is should companies be required to build security circumvention technologies to expose their own customers? Not 'assist law enforcement with existing tools,' but 'build new tools.'"
There is a rather lengthy reader comment section after the article with some interesting posts. Someone even manages to drag the Affordable Care Act into the discussion. These posts present an interesting spectrum on the matter.
There is one reader comment that I found worthwhile: "All governments are the product of a 'social contract' where freedom is balanced with security. In a democracy, this balance is under constant negotiation. Today, that process is skewed toward greater security paid for with lessened freedom. Tomorrow, we may feel and think differently but it won't be easy to reset the balance. Setting new precedents in this area should not be done without long and rigorous debate."
