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But... but... terrorists!

Seriously though, we do need to acknowledge that there are some baddies who wont hand over their passphrases no matter what law enforcement does to compel them.

That said, I'm not sure it's really such a big deal. After all, terrorists will always have access to E2E encryption as long as they have access to general computing tech. Making E2E encryption illegal just hurts law-abiding citizens.




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