“Encryption isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity.”
“We respect the concerns of law enforcement officials …”

Extracting these two statements from your article and just want to add Amen! and Amen! Do you leave the doors to your house wide open OR do you secure your home for yourself and those who live with you? I respect law enforcement. But if they want to come into my house they better knock and wait to be invited in! Unless it’s an emergency, they better not kick the door down. Encryption is a lock for security purposes. We all have a right to protect ourselves! From criminals! BTW, criminals don’t obey laws. Some of them probably smart enough to create a backdoor that looks like a backdoor and when you open it up to try to go through it, you hit a wall!