> Personally, I'd rather let some criminals go free than to break encryption. I don't see lawmakers being willing to make the same trade-off. That's not even t

> Personally, I'd rather let some criminals go free than to break encryption. I don't see lawmakers being willing to make the same trade-off. That's not even the real trade-off. Serious criminals who were already actively using end-to-end encrypted services will continue using them or services like them, regardless of whether they have permission. The US can try to block and shut them down as much as they like, but ultimately there's no stopping them. The only kind of criminals this would affect are the ones that were already not taking security precautions. This is a massive hit to privacy and digital security with no actual meaningful upside.