&gt; Meanwhile, the issue isn&#x27;t simply what criminals encrypt today, but the fact that everything they do will be encrypted in 15 years.<p>No, everything they do will not be encrypted in 15 years. Most relevantly, except when the crime at issue itself is an act of communication, the <i>crime</i> won&#x27;t be encrypted, or even subject to encryption, so all the usual police work that enables solving crime based on the actual criminal act and the evidence naturally attaching thereto will remain available.