[s_dev]

>I'm by no means going to support government attempts to ban encryption

I don't think Rudd, Murdoch or May think encryption ban is possible or even effective at counter terrorism. It's about controlling behaviour.

People behave differently if they think they might be being watched. Self censorship is better than any encryption ban.

[azurelogic]

I doubt that. They very much want to read people's email, etc. At a minimum, they want to do it to find terrorists. The maximum is just corrupt without bound.