Patriot Act is the proof that facing fear society will trade privacy for security. And it is also the proof that gov will abuse their power and society will never get that traded privacy back.

> You can make the argument that although absence of E2EE does help identify pedophiles more easily, in the balance it is more important to enable E2EE to protect privacy.

You're correct in what we should NOT argue.

Now, the problem with "in the balance" between security and privacy is that when in fear society will quickly go for patriot act.

It's curious how we, as a society, can't find a simple, true and incontestable argument in favor of privacy. The only one I know is that it is a fundamental right.

But still this argument is a little too abstract for most people.