On balance, the use of encryption, just like the use of good locks on doors, has the net effect of preventing a lot more crime than it might assist. Matt Blaze More Quotes by Matt Blaze More Quotes From Matt Blaze If we try to prohibit encryption or discourage it or make it more difficult to use, we're going to suffer the consequences that will be far reaching and very difficult to reverse, and we seem to have realized that in the wake of the September 11th attacks. To the extent there is any reason to be hopeful, perhaps that's where we'll end up here. Matt Blaze hopeful september-11 suffering