Yes but unfortunately most users are not capable of doing that. Most people that will want to have secure phone will probably just go and buy it in some other state.
And a solution to this would be WHEN said person gets HIS new compliant phone, the group anonymous should immediately hack it to show him the wisdom of forced backdoors. Take out an article listing his address book and stuff thanking him for requiring such easy access. JKing of course, but you get the point!
Yet another bill seeks to weaken encryption-by-default on smartphones http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...-weaken-encryption-by-default-on-smartphones/
California kills phone decryption bill, but bigger battles loom https://threatpost.com/california-kills-phone-decryption-bill-but-bigger-battles-loom
The issue is the majority of the public doesn't care. It's an ignorance thing, not apathy. They don't understand what it means so they dismiss it as unimportant. it’s all so intangible that I think a lot of people just can’t grasp the impact that digital privacy has on their lives.