Re/code’s Kara Swisher interviewed President Obama for 25 minutes, and asked him good questions about online security and government spying.
He said he understands why people want strong encryption, but he is “sympathetic to law enforcement’s” needs to collect data when it has a legitimate court order. He doesn’t mention the fact that the NSA, CIA, and DEA have been given the green light by Obama’s administration to conduct illegal massive surveillance with impunity, which is one reason people demand strong encryption in the first place.