Apple Says It Will Exit The UK Market If Government Passes Update To Investigatory Powers Act::Apple fought the law and – contrary to the song lyrics – it won. Years later, Apple decided it would get ahead of the law enforcement curve by attempting to engage in client-side scanning of iPhone users’ content. That worked out less well for Apple, which (at least momentarily) decided making governments happy was more…
I mean the tech exists to add a layer of encryption to any communication method. It might need to be applied manually or require a custom app to do it automatically, but public/private key encryption is public knowledge at this point.
Nobody is going to apply encryption manually.
Criminals would. Laws like this disarm citizens but those who are willing to put extra effort to cover their tracks are less affected.