You can't kill a person with encryption. The history of military ciphers indicates that encryption is rather important to operational security, which is in tur

You can't kill a person with encryption. The history of military ciphers indicates that encryption is rather important to operational security, which is in turn crucial if you want to kill one hell of a lot of people. Want to torpedo a passenger ship with your submarine? Better make sure the captain of said ship doesn't know you're coming. And that means all your communications traffic with those who are helping you to track the ship must be encrypted. Encryption has no inherent morality. It is just a tool. Whether it is used for good or evil is entirely dependent on the hand that wields it.