I'm sorry, but what industry doesn't rely on encryption? Every financial service relies pretty heavily on encryption.
As an aside, I personally would argue that in the age of big data/information that your populous having security is extremely important. Modern warfare (or all warfare) depends highly on information. TOR only works if average people use it. The military suggests soldiers use Signal because many times they've gotten in trouble because adversaries intercepted SMS messages to loved ones (or just someone getting some strange).
There is of course a question of balance, but personally I don't see one. Safer to encrypt everything imo.
As an aside, I personally would argue that in the age of big data/information that your populous having security is extremely important. Modern warfare (or all warfare) depends highly on information. TOR only works if average people use it. The military suggests soldiers use Signal because many times they've gotten in trouble because adversaries intercepted SMS messages to loved ones (or just someone getting some strange).
There is of course a question of balance, but personally I don't see one. Safer to encrypt everything imo.