Was this written by an adult or a child? Does this strike you as the way to present a serious story? Setting aside the bias, petulance, and profanity, how is this anything more than he-said, she-said gossip? Maybe stick to reviewing gadgets for a while and let the grownups sort out this mess.

Had the U.S. government not repeatedly demonstrated its willingness and ability to recklessly and lawlessly invade the privacy of millions of Americans, perhaps we would not need to take such an absolutist stand. As things stand, encryption is a necessary bulwark against total human surveillance — just as the…