With WhatsApp, end-to-end encryption is used by everybody, even though most people probably do not realize it. EDIT: Okay, that came out more snarky than I wan

With WhatsApp, end-to-end encryption is used by everybody, even though most people probably do not realize it. EDIT: Okay, that came out more snarky than I wanted it to. On the one hand, you are right, of course: Provide a secure, encrypted, easy-to-use means of communication, and people with something to hide will use it. If I wanted to download or spread child pornography, I would not do it via an unencrypted channel, either. On the other hand, your comment might be read by some to mean that you think encryption is the problem. And I think, by the time somebody posts a video of a child getting raped to a WhatsApp group, the problem has been around for while and is not going to magically disappear if WhatsApp were to remove end-to-end encryption from their service. And child pornography, understandably, provokes strong emotions, which is why politicians and law enforcement officials eager to push more surveillance or censorship like to use it as a reason to push their agenda.