Exactly. If a law like this were to get passed, they'll pick and choose cases to prosecute for use of end-to-end encryption. Someone suspected of a crime for w

Exactly. If a law like this were to get passed, they'll pick and choose cases to prosecute for use of end-to-end encryption. Someone suspected of a crime for which there's no strong evidence could potentially be imprisoned just for talking to someone over an encrypted channel. "We can't get them on the main charge, but we can always just charge them for the encryption. If they weren't doing anything shady then why would they be using encryption anyway?" It would be a horrible precedent.