[rtpg]

Instead of some strawmen, you could pull real reasons:

- industrial espionage

- government espionage

- wiretaps and other active investigations

- supporting military ops (like "counter-terrorism" stuff)

Throwing out those strawmen won't convince anyone of anything. The discussion of whether it's worth it is important enough to introduce nuance to what you're saying (are you against the NSA tapping, say, Kim Jong-Un's phone?)

[jacquesm]

Those strawman aren't mine, they are the reasons stated by the people that push these things on us.