I view it differently in that even if breaking encryption allows for the arrest and wiping out of all child pornography, the damage to the non-porners is too gr

I view it differently in that even if breaking encryption allows for the arrest and wiping out of all child pornography, the damage to the non-porners is too great to warrant. Similar to how a jury trial requires unanimous agreement among 12. This leads to some true criminals not being convicted, but it provides the benefit of many more innocents not being wrongfully convicted. I think the “criminals will break the law anyway” is a dead end as it bypasses the moral decision that society needs to make of whether privacy is worth some tiny percent of evil doing. One day we’ll have the ability to have mental implants that block bad things. Similarly, we’ll need to decide whether that is worth implementing if it means bad trade offs. The argument isn’t that criminals will skip the implants, I think the important argument is whether putting implants in all the non-criminals is worth the effort.