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by vonquant 2192 days ago
People who wish to mask their crimes have a greater incentive to use E2EE so will probably gravitate towards platforms that offer it. I would therefore suggest those not committing crimes are disproportionately affected by E2EE not being made the default where possible. Once one service in a particular category offers E2EE, the benefits of the other services in that category not offering it is significantly reduced.
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This is only true if you assume that the world is populated with an equal number of criminals and non-criminals.