Unbreakable encryption exists. Trying to legislate it away is like trying to stuff the genie back in the bottle. There is no way to prevent "bad guys" from wri

Unbreakable encryption exists. Trying to legislate it away is like trying to stuff the genie back in the bottle. There is no way to prevent "bad guys" from writing encryption software and installing it on programmable devices; you can find the code for AES in under one minute, written for any language you desire. It takes an undergrad level of programming ability to create a functioning app that does basic AES encryption. So ISIS just needs one programmer with this ability -- and somehow I doubt that person is going to give a copy of the master private key to law enforcement. To the extent that governments prevent unfettered use of encryption in mainstream devices, "bad guys" will just use rasbperry pi's, custom ASICs they get fabricated, etc. Programmable devices capable of running strong ciphers and communicating over the internet are absurdly cheap now. Limiting the use of cryptography would therefore only harm stupid and non-resourceful criminals, and regular people with something to hide. Which is everyone, kind of.