US President Barack Obama appears to be in favor of strong encryption, despite the contrary opinion of intelligence agencies. 
Encryption is a hot topic for law enforcement in the West, and some intelligence agencies have publicly complained about the encryption that is now used by default in modern communication tools, such as smartphones.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron recently began promoting the idea of banning products that use encryption because Britain's spies cannot access enough communication tools.
In an interview with Re/code, Obama said he is a “strong supporter of strong encryption,” adding, “I lean more on the side of strong encryption than I do on the side of law enforcement.”.
"Ultimately, everyone, and certainly me and my family, want to know that if we use a smartphone to make transactions, send messages, have private conversations, we won't have a bunch of people watching us," Obama explained.
The president went on to claim that public concern about obstructing terrorism investigations is behind lawmakers' concerns about encryption.
Obama also acknowledged that Snowden's ongoing revelations have affected relations between Silicon Valley and the U.S. government. "The Snowden revelations have been really damaging to the trust between the government and a lot of these companies, in part because it has had an impact on their profits.
Obama's statements, personally, seem too good to be true to me. They raise questions, such as what happened to the concern about terrorist attacks (the main reason used by the NSA and each NSA to justify the scandal revealed by Snowden);
Until recently, encryption hindered the work of intelligence agencies, and the US was opposed to the idea of strong encryption. The shift of Obama, who in addition to being the president of the US is also a patriot, is inexplicable.
Unless the hackers of the secret services managed to gain access to every crypto circulating on the internet. Paranoia? Maybe. In any case, we have certainly been given a lot of stimuli for paranoia lately.
Personally, I am not convinced by Mr. President.
