I'd say yes, albeit only if it's "available" and not something you could accidentally enable, or could be enabled through sabotage. Having an unencrypted devic

I'd say yes, albeit only if it's "available" and not something you could accidentally enable, or could be enabled through sabotage. Having an unencrypted device could make it easier to reverse-engineer, improving consumer control and ownership of the device. Obviously not really Apple's shtick, but I think the choice is good, so long as you have to very specifically ask to disable encryption.