OK, so we have another well written article explaining how attempts to demonize encryption and put it back in the bottle are misguided, and the spokespeople for the authoritarians and intelligence community are being disingenuous on cable TV.<p>But most of us already knew this. So what I&#x27;m asking is:<p>* Are these well reasoned words affecting&#x2F;effecting policy?<p>* How will we know?