Although millions of people continue to voluntarily hand above their private information to Google and Facebook without question, growing quantities of individuals are starting to challenge whether their data is really safe.

Encrypting user data means that information would not be accessible to anyone but the user Google and Apple.

Yet, in what should have been hailed as a major step forward for privacy advocates and the technology sector, the move derided and has been criticized by lawmakers in Capitol Hill and across the nation.

These asinine remarks were repeated by numerous other officials, including FBI Director James Comey, who said that people using an encrypted apparatus were basically putting themselves “beyond the law.”

Seemingly, not needing law enforcement officials and three-letter agencies to get unrestricted access to your own personal data automatically makes you a criminal.