Gut reaction: arggh<p>Slightly-less gut-based reaction: everyone has a different comfort zone on the privacy&#x2F;security spectrum. I respect that. However, Twitter is not the medium to discuss where society&#x27;s zone should be, nor will a debate be productive when the starting premise is &quot;you have to prove to me you&#x27;re right&quot; on a contentious issue. Especially if the initial justification is relatively raw and emotionally-charged.<p>There may be an argument that encryption could have prevented the attacks (unsubstantiated), but it was definitely not the only means. For example, what about cameras or armed soldiers everywhere?<p>Encryption also did not cause the attacks, as far as I know. Nor did it play a deadly part in the actual attack. It seems a strange place to start dissecting the problem.