Meh. I'm actually somewhat in favour of heavier internet regulation overall. The internet, like other public utilities, has long since passed the point of being an essential service in modern western society. A healthy internet that is conducive to secure commerce and information flow is a huge boon to a country, for it's civilians, businesses, and government.
Anyways, as Rathji has pointed out, this bill is really about establishing baseline capabilities for obtaining the information requested by law and government officials - they've always been able to subpoena the data they want, this just ensures the people handling the data have the ability to turn it over if asked. It specifically states that the providers/carriers do not have to have or develop the ability to decrypt data that they themselves encrypted - so if your endpoints are secure, you've got nothing to worry about because nothing changes.
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