It's important to respect that stable societal freedom requires both. The mass use of cryptography and user-representing software is required so that the averag

It's important to respect that stable societal freedom requires both. The mass use of cryptography and user-representing software is required so that the average person has a stake in privacy, so data silos aren't big juicy targets for politicians, and ultimately so that horrible laws aren't created against nebulous "bad people". And enlightened laws are required so that the average person will use cryptography, and to protect focused-on individuals from being persecuted.