> you would prefer all of humanity be constantly surveilled in case it may catch more criminals. Not only did I not say such a thing (I even said it was easy t

> you would prefer all of humanity be constantly surveilled in case it may catch more criminals. Not only did I not say such a thing (I even said it was easy to argue that encryption is a net win), it’s not something I believe, especially when you put it in such extreme terms. But encryption brings a cost, one that shouldn’t be ignored. Most people here are taking extreme arguments — assuming everything is about mass surveillance and crimes are more often than not victimless. This ignores the reality that real crimes are regularly happening that most reasonable people would wish to stop, and when you add friction to that, it means there are many cases were justice will not be served.