Show me where completely innocent US citizens have actually been imprisoned as a result of PRISM et. al. To the best of my knowledge the US security apparatus is benevolent towards peaceful civilians, and all the hand ringing about the invasion of privacy is just that. This isn't to say that I support the Patriot Act, only that our rights have already been taken away.

> I do not think anyone serious is referring to banning all cars period.

And in my view E2E encryption doesn't have to be banned outright, it just needs to be treated as the dangerous tool it is. Making it the default for all communication is like making tanks the standard mode of transportation. How about a encryption registry, like a gun registry?

SiValley is currently giving military grade tools too rapists and slavers and then saying that telling them to stop will result in 1984; I just don't buy it. As you pointed out, those in control in the US already have all the tools they need to destroy your life thanks to the Patriot Act and poor judicial enforcement(Stingrays), meanwhile technology has progressed in a way that makes a very marginalized group, poor young women, much more vulnerable. Instead of providing a tech solution for a tech problem, the call from the encryption community is to solve it with the same way we always have. Easy for some rich tech bro to say, but if encryption was really just a shitty tool, I don't think the US security apparatus would have invested so heavily in it.