But now you are asking terrorists to be good at encryption meanwhile even encryption vendors&#x2F;developers get sloppy and wrong.<p>It&#x27;s one thing to ask a cell member, hey, here&#x27;s a phone, it only has this app on it. Don&#x27;t mod it, don&#x27;t do anything but use this app.<p>Versus, hey, please implement a secure encryption protocol and make sure there are no exploitable bugs.<p>Also, if the government controls the carriers, they ultimately control what can run on the handset [if they choose to be draconian].<p>Also, for a big enough growth market, I think they&#x27;d be willing to centralize encryption.  They&#x27;ll outwardly say, no impossible, can&#x27;t be done.  Host country will say, sorry, you can&#x27;t sell here, can&#x27;t be done.  Secret high-level talks happen and mysteriously the handsets are available again.