Sometimes Governments and people can go to far.  Why have passwords if they can be looked at?

James Comley is playing the 'crime card.'  Its a variation on a theme that has been, and continues to be played by secretive portions of governments.  We have to negate your rights from the bill of rights in order to protect you from 'terrorists.' Same dance, same tune.  Sad.

If finding and stopping terrorists means they occasionally look at my data, I could care less. I have nothing to hide and if it stops terrorists, I am all for it. 

The problem is everyone will eventually be treated as (potential) terrorist. This is scary.

Tom, without a proper warrant much of the Bill of Rights becomes meaningless.

The question isn't about "I have nothing to hide", since anything can be twisted and changed if they have access. 

It's about doing things lawfully. Law Enforcement has upped and upped the numbers of "requests" for information from ISPs. They endlessly play the fear card as Elana pointed out. They have combat gear most armies would envy, again for the "what if" that never materializes but engenders fear in regular folks unequipped with anything but allows endless spending to keep the factories churning...as if they aren't the first to cite "the lone wolf" every time their surveillance fails.

Better to keep them honest, and to keep the FISA courts honest with constant review. Nope...no backdoors. 

Any backdoor they establish will end up compromising security and result in identity theft, etc. By the way, that money ends up financing those bad guys, along with the money we pay for gas.

I see your point Doc about the Bill of Rights, but if there is no other recourse in getting rid of terrorists, I personally would give up some of those rights just to do so. As far as backdoor's being opened, that would happen no matter what, as the greed and corruption of the human race is overcoming all morals in today's societies. 

As I've said before, the notion that they have to know everything in order to know anything is BS.  Comey's comments just demonstrate the corrupt laziness of the FBI.  Even when they have terrorist information (see Tsarnaev), they fuck it up so why in the world would I want them reading my emails and texts, whether I have something to hide or not?  Remember how the evil little fuck Hoover used dirt (not crimes, just dirt) to control and subvert elected officials?  Given access to everything, they will go there.  They are incapable of not going there.  The FA is the last line of defense against tyranny.

Tom's a terrorist!

Correct.

9/11 as well as the Tsarnaevs.

The politics of fear... if there isn't something definite/proven to worry about, then we'll create it.

As for the bad guys walking away, well it's already too late.  Sadly, they slipped through the cracks and became government/officials.

Don't do it. Your privacy is one of the utmost sacred rights we have. Also, you have the right to not incriminate your self, so if they can access your PC or phone they can review and distort any way they want. Don't trust the Gov.(local-Fed) and never will.

That says it all, right there.  Hopefully Mr. Comey can find a more responsible solution to his dilemma.

This isn't a time to be joking, with the Ebola threat the US is a country under siege.

***couldn't care less