[andyjh]

One might reasonably assume the "bad guys" they're trying to catch would go elsewhere though, if they have any sense. So then you're just left with innocent people to spy on.

[coldtea]

>So then you're just left with innocent people to spy on.

Those are who they want to spy on anyway.

For serious criminals, terrorists etc they have other tools, banning commercial encryption wont help with those...

[amfsn]

You'd be surprised to learn how fucking stupid most bad guys are.

[misterprime]

We catch lots of stupid bad guys.

Smart bad guys get away with it.