FBI official: It’s America’s choice whether we want to be spied on

While FBI officials are America’s servants, Baker argued that encryption is making it harder for the bureau to protect the nation from terrorism and other criminal activity.

“Your Gmail operates the way it does because Google can monetize the communications,” he said. “You could pay for a service that doesn’t operate that way, but most people don’t tend to… Are we really going dark or are we living in a golden age of surveillance?”