> if encryption had a backdoor This is the flaw in the logic. "Encryption" can't have a backdoor any more than math can have a back door. Specific types of en

> if encryption had a backdoor This is the flaw in the logic. "Encryption" can't have a backdoor any more than math can have a back door. Specific types of encryption can. But there's nothing to stop a malicious user from using a non-backdoored encryption algorithm or inventing their own.