This comment doesn't add anything to the discussion. Even young judges expect to have access to information needed to make decisions; that is key to the judicial process.

> Even young judges expect to have access to information needed to make decisions; that is key to the judicial process.

Yes but how they get access is important. A judge could order someone who has critical information to be tortured, but at least in democratic societies, most wouldn't. Of course the ramifications of using torture are clear, technically illiterate people might not understand the risks of banning encryption.

Maybe I should have elaborated, maybe I shouldn't have assumed, but I think most people on the younger side of age brackets would understand that WhatsApp is not the ONLY way to have encrypted conversations.

This is silly. The judge is female and young (for a judge):

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/juiza-agredida-no-bep-ganhou-ape...

Unfortunately, tech-related ignorance is common across ages and genders.