Encryption is important and is crucial to the security mechanisms that underly the whole internet. I don&#x27;t think anybody is seriously advocating making encryption illegal. (Which makes your argument pointless.)<p>What does seem being argued for is to mandate adding a &#x27;backdoor&#x27; for the government.<p>The counter argument to that is that adding a &#x27;backdoor&#x27; makes the encryption pretty much worthless.<p>The weighing of risks of this and the importance for privacy versus the anti-terrorism fighting benefits is the only debate (not) happening.