Reward Secrecy

encryption

is essential --- banning it is like banning envelopes.

is essential --- not having it is like sending only postcards: anyone can read everything you do online.

is essential to privacy --- banning it is like banning safes, safe-deposit boxes, alarm systems, etc.

is essential to privacy --- to attack it is to say that people can't have a private conversation anymore

is essential to security --- basically the same as having unprotected sex with the internet.

is like a condom --- it don't work if you don't have it on.