[ffpip]

I think it is possible to ban e2ee being used by the average human, but you can't outright ban it. It's math.

[giantg2]

Yep, someone can always build an edge device that interacts with the mainstream hardware. Similar to how phreaks previously used [color] boxes to send tones over old phone lines for free calls, long distance, etc.

[andrei_says_]

Remember how they banned a weed that grows by itself in all kinds of places?