They don't need to touch encryption in any way. It's way simpler to subvert the endpoints, as most people use closed-source operating systems such as iOS and An

They don't need to touch encryption in any way. It's way simpler to subvert the endpoints, as most people use closed-source operating systems such as iOS and Android which offer closed-source applications. All they need to do is to pressure Apple and Google to keep some backdoors open, which is more than realistic, as Snowden's revelations have shown a couple of years ago.