>> Personally I'd like to know that terrorists didn't have completely secure communications and government fishing trips where dealt with through the courts and a free press.
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>The efficacy of that strategy depends on the criminals not having access to encryption. But when you outlaw encryption then, like guns, only the outlaws will have it. Furthermore, it assumes that the problem in preventing the terrorist act is one of not being able to decrypt encrypted messages but that does not address the root causes of the problem.
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>"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

I don't regard email privacy as an essential liberty for terrorists and criminals.
and that Benjamin Franklin quote is always trotted out but could be classed as "things that smug people who don't have a problem say"

Certainly the root cause of current terrorism needs to be addressed as its the only cure but when this round is over there will be something else because thats the way some people are and the regulated ability to intercept communication is vital in the same way that government organisations could allow someones post to be intercepted and read in the past.