Mark Shuttleworth pledges no back doors for Ubuntu [eweek.com]

Which is very good news.

"We don't do encryption to hide things; we do encryption so we can choose what to share," Shuttleworth said. "That's a profound choice we should all be able to make."
> Shuttleworth emphasized that on the encryption debate, Canonical and Ubuntu are crystal clear.
> "We will never backdoor Ubuntu; we will never weaken encryption," he said.