&gt; It&#x27;s even more absurd than that... after the majority of the protestors have been defeated by public awareness that encryption and terrorism go hand-in-hand, the terrorists will go back to using phone calls and unencrypted email.<p>I think you&#x27;re straw-manning their position here.<p>The opponents of encryption aren&#x27;t claiming terrorists will start using unencrypted communication, they&#x27;re advocating for legally-mandated &quot;back doors&quot; to be built into supposedly-secure communication systems.