The word secrets wasn't intended to imply a criminal secret. But then the sentence after that (in my message) made it sound like that's exactly what a secret wa

The word secrets wasn't intended to imply a criminal secret. But then the sentence after that (in my message) made it sound like that's exactly what a secret was. Yeah, I see the problem. >Instead, you need to argue that completely innocent people need encryption, and you need to explain why they need it. This makes sense, yes. The obvious answer being safety from bad guys who might gain illicit access to information that allows them to do harm.