> The point of banning encryption isn't too stop criminals from using it, it's to stop non-criminals. It's not an either/or situation, banning encryption is de

> The point of banning encryption isn't too stop criminals from using it, it's to stop non-criminals. It's not an either/or situation, banning encryption is designed primarily to stop criminals from using it. It is also effective. It's obviously not 100% effective, it's probably more like 75% effective. I think you're assuming that most of the people arguing for prohibition are dreaming of a police state, and I think you're constructing an oversimplification that doesn't acknowledge the facts.