Yes, the UK gov argument is basically &quot;You can keep your PGP, just run Gmail, Facebook, Skype, etc over HTTP - or at least let us automatically remove the HTTPS encryption for anyone we want in real-time&quot;.<p>They want it this way because:<p>1) many people will indeed slip when using whatever left is there of &quot;strong encryption&quot; afterwards, especially if it&#x27;s hard to use - that&#x27;s <i>pretty good</i> for the UK gov.<p>2) while they may care about terrorists and whatnot, they care at least as much about spying on many of the people who will never use PGP or even Signal, so again this plan is <i>perfect</i> for them in this regard.