Kelly,
You're confused about the issues. Catching and punishing this clown for child porn and molestation is a good thing - a very good thing.
The judge making an idiotic ruling on possession of perfectly legal software is NOT a good thing. Possession of it is not indication whatsoever of criminal intent.
Possession of a gun (I have several) is not indication of criminal intent.
Possession of a car which he uses to entice little girls into is not indication of criminal intent.
Separate the innocent tools from the horrific criminal behavior and we'll all be happier. This judge's ruling is lunacy and imputes criminal intent to millions - utterly unjustifiably.
"The judge making an idiotic ruling on possession of perfectly legal software is NOT a good thing. Possession of it is not indication whatsoever of criminal intent. "
I completely agree with your statement (I am a proud handgun owner for example).
However where I think we are not in agreement is that I believe IN CONJUNCTION with other more compelling evidence the possession of the software is compelling.
To give you a practical example if a man is arrested for possession of drugs and he claims the drugs are for his personal use, should further investigation reveal paraphernalia used for making deals or weighing equipment etc, then there is also now probable cause to assume that he is a commercial supplier and a dealer not a personal abuser. In this way the encryption software is not illegally owned that is not what the judge is saying, he is ruling that the software shows in conjunctions with other strong evidence that the person is guilty of not just a passing interest in child porn but has sophisticated strategy implemented to avoid detection.
There is a distinction here do you agree?