&gt; The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few<p>No, they don&#x27;t. We live in nations with individual rights. The US specifically is a nation without acceptable levels of healthcare. The needs of the many <i>clearly</i> do not outweigh the needs of a few.<p>&gt; But of course bad people can still use extra encryption, so lack of default encryption will mostly hurt good people<p>This is a non sequitur driven by a false dichotomy. Nobody is suggesting the removal of encryption.<p>&gt; I think it comes down to how willing you are to let bad people get away with their crimes vs lose your own right to privacy in a world where more and more of your private life and thoughts are stored digitally.<p>How many criminals are you willing to let get away with their crimes? Apple has currently built a system that allows child abusers and some rapists to be all but immune from conviction.<p>Are you happy with this? I am certainly not.