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Get your copies while it's still legal. In all seriousness though, this kind of scaremongering is a blatant power grab. Anybody who understands encryption knows this "think of the children" line is just them wanting a finger in every pie for the sake of power, and that weakening crypto with a "government backdoor" is worst idea ever. Right now, they have no way of stopping end to end encryption, so their best bet is to sway public opinion (or create an environment whereby MPs don't want to disagree with new anti-crypto legislation for fear of being villainised by mouth-breathing middle Englanders for "endangering the children"). Once they have it on the books, they can crack down on the big boys like Facebook to prevent E2E being too prevalent. It won't stop those determined to communicate securely, but it will strip away a layer of protection for the average, everyday user and provide the UK gov with another lever of control. Honestly, the security services have gotten used to having all the data they could ever want since Ultra, and are bricking it that they can no longer just scrape for keywords and metadata links to map out entire networks of terrorists and criminals.