<i>This</i> is the realistic solution to fighting encryption. Not banning encryption.<p>I don&#x27;t know why this took so long to be clarified in law. Even though they&#x27;ve been doing it for quite some time.<p>The &quot;Going Dark&quot; thing was always bullshit. They just have greater difficulty doing passive surveillance now... and actually have to do targeted searches of peoples computers now using warrants. Things like Stingrays can&#x27;t be used to warrantlessly intercept SMS (as people move to WhatsApp) and most internet traffic is becoming HTTPS. Additionally, warrant-based wiretaps on ISPs and mobile traffic is becoming less useful. Mostly thanks to Snowden.<p>This is a good sign IMO, which means that encryption is finally becoming widespread enough that law enforcement has to up their game. It means law enforcement will be forced to do targeted searches, similar to searching houses, and dragnets become less effective.