Fine the companies and they don&#x27;t have to do anything to the users. Any individuals  who use encryption by their own means can be branded as terrorists for using a non-sanctified encryption system&#x2F;service and imprisoned. All the ignorant people who have been taught encryption is only used by terrorists will buy it, no questions asked.<p>Make supporting encryption without a government backdoor illegal. That same government backdoor could be abused by third parties. But the ones pushing for that either don&#x27;t care about that or don&#x27;t <i>understand</i> that. The government has many stupid people in it, but I don&#x27;t think the NSA director is one of them. [0] He knows that third parties could use the backdoor, he simply <i>doesn&#x27;t care</i>.<p>Notice how this occurring in the USA and not some totalitarian country you refer to? People aren&#x27;t afraid for absolutely no reason. They&#x27;re afraid because a country founded on freedom is increasingly taking the game plans out of a totalitarian state play book. People are afraid if they don&#x27;t fight back <i>now</i> they <i>might not be able</i> to fight back.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;us-news&#x2F;2015&#x2F;feb&#x2F;23&#x2F;nsa-director-defends-backdoors-into-technology-companies" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;us-news&#x2F;2015&#x2F;feb&#x2F;23&#x2F;nsa-director-...</a>