Increasingly we&#x27;re seeing &#x27;encryption&#x27; discussed in mainstream media as a tool that can only be used for nefarious ends. Kind of like how they talked about &quot;cookies&quot; in the late 90s and early 00s.<p>It&#x27;s unfortunate that there&#x27;s no way [without a lot of money] to launch a campaign that highlights the fact that most sensitive online transactions rely on encryption - banking, purchasing, etc - to protect you from The Bad People who want to steal your critical financial information.<p>That  would also highlight that it&#x27;s not just about keeping secrets from the government - in fact, that&#x27;s the smallest fraction of it.