That&#x27;s true, but the state does have the power to outlaw commercial devices that provide default-unbreakable encryption. People who really want encryption will get it anyways, but it&#x27;s the default state that animates the &quot;going dark&quot; concern.<p>What&#x27;s important to public policy is what Apple and Google, and whatever their analogues in 2030 might be choose to do, and how they&#x27;re regulated.