The line at the end that really hit me was this:<p>&gt; <i>Almost all the attackers were known to the authorities, and if they had been watched, their use of encryption programs would have itself invited closer scrutiny.</i><p>This is precisely the scenario that Phil Zimmermann (creator of PGP) and others have been warning about (and working against) for decades. As Zimmermann said in a 1999 essay linked here not long ago, &quot;What if everyone believed that law-abiding citizens should use postcards for their mail?&quot; (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.philzimmermann.com&#x2F;EN&#x2F;essays&#x2F;WhyIWrotePGP.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.philzimmermann.com&#x2F;EN&#x2F;essays&#x2F;WhyIWrotePGP.html</a>) The scary part to me is not just that it&#x27;s our present reality, but that it&#x27;s so readily accepted. Crypto advocates need better PR. (And to be fair, better UI.)