Here's a quick rundown at some of the politicians who are shaping the encryption debate—and the laws that will come of them.

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Sen. Richard Burr (R - NC)

Along with Dianne Feinstein (D - CA), Richard Burr is the co-sponsor of the first encryption bill to make its way public, and the current chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. He's written separately about concerns over the ability of criminals to "go dark," and was quick to assert that the terrorists responsible for last fall's Paris attacks used end-to-end encryption (they did not). His bill, which would essentially criminalize most common forms of encryption,  has been widely dismissed by security experts as "ludicrous" and flawed "in every way possible." Fun fact: He's reportedly a very distant cousin of Aaron Burr.