But you _can_ make the argument that if only outlaws use encryption then they're painting a target on their back, which leads to greater scrutiny by security services.

This is reasonably achieved by the current dragnet surveillance systems in place, along with ISP's logging everything.

I don't agree with it, of course I don't, but that's probably an angle people could take- But the angle Amber Rudd took is even more starved of sense.

It's like she didn't ask the appropriate question: "What could we have done to prevent this attack" and the follow up "If we had direct access to his phone and all of his communication information, what could we have caught" and the answer is _nothing_. He used tools commonly available to him, acted alone, probably told nobody.

Anyway, tell the bad guys you're watching the comms and they'll figure out how to talk, they're motivated and smart.