So, perhaps a law to ban any encryption would save us a lot of money. Better yet, force everyone to make every information public. But most likely, all this da

So, perhaps a law to ban any encryption would save us a lot of money. Better yet, force everyone to make every information public. But most likely, all this data would be of great interest for criminals? What about the cost of fraud, crime, identity theft? Is it better to have unencrypted phones stolen by criminals in exchange for easier and cheaper surveillance? I'd think Apples encryption isn't mostly targeted to stop law enforcement and surveillance but more to stop misuse of lost and stolen phones. In addition, if able to implant zero-day exploits, any attacker can bypath any encryption - or he might just target the transmission or the other side of a sent/received secret. Most information isn't produced on an iPhone to sit there forever: either it is received from a server / second device or it is intended to be transmitted to a receiver. So, an encrypted phone isn't really stopping surveillance.