Have you ever tried your argument with s&#x2F;guns&#x2F;encryption&#x2F;?<p>&quot;We just need to ban encryption. The First Amendment isn&#x27;t written in stone. Or it could get some extremely significant limitations added, like backdoors.<p>People wouldn&#x27;t like it of course, so it would never fly. But we need to get rid of this idiotic notion that you need encryption to protect yourself in a civil digital society. You don&#x27;t. You&#x27;re not going to rise up against the government, and you&#x27;re not going to need it to protect your family.<p>Are there exceptions? Sure. But when AES is so readily available, any criminal that wants one has one.<p>The ridiculous line &quot;if you outlaw encryption only outlaws will have encryption&quot; or whatever, is nonsensical. If encryption is outlawed, most criminals will have a hard time finding algorithms. But all three letter agencies (ie: NSA) will still have them.&quot;