Pointless Argument
Encryption is an algorithm, not an application. You can weaken the encryption used in a particular application but that won't weaken encryption in general. Encryption algorithms are public -- they're useless if they rely on secrecy -- so there's nothing stopping the bad guys from rolling their own applications.
Its a complex subject but unfortunately most of the politicians and pundits going on about it are still at the "secret writing and decoder ring" level of sophistication.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
