Wire taps and other methods of law enforcement snooping on otherwise private conversations are routinely used to convict people of crimes. In a world of pervasive encryption this will no longer be possible.<p>You&#x27;re perfectly welcome to argue that pervasive encryption is coming whether the government wants it or not, so it might as well get used to it.<p>You&#x27;re also perfectly welcome that the benefits of pervasive encryption outweigh the costs.<p>I might even agree with you on both points.<p>But to deny the costs is to deny reality.