The worst thing for me about the Snowden leaks wasn't that. It was the deliberate interference in secure protocols (e.g. the flawed random number generators),

The worst thing for me about the Snowden leaks wasn't that. It was the deliberate interference in secure protocols (e.g. the flawed random number generators), combined with the pressure to leave open accidental flaws. This makes everyone vulnerable to J. Random Cybercriminal when those same flaws are finally discovered by the non-secret services. Being a victim of an identity thief is a lot less terrifying than being in the middle of a automatic weapon massacre, but it's a lot more likely to happen. The framing of the debate as "encryption = only used for evil" is not only wrong, but very dangerous from that point-of-view. I don't have any easy answers that keeps everyone happy. But neither does anyone else.