Ray Ozzie created Lotus Notes and was later CTO of Microsoft. His plan would allow law enforcement access to encrypted communications without additional risks to the public. Critics say it’s essentially key escrow, whose shortcomings have been known for decades. It relies on companies such as Apple to protect the private keys for millions of devices and then provide those keys at scale with the speed at which law enforcement needs them. The idea has some built-in protection to prevent mass exploitations, says one cryptographer.”]