&gt; There is no other way.<p>Well, we can always legislate.  Even with encryption of data, you want legislation.  Without legislation, the Government will just create a separate channel for data collection to bypass your encryption.  It starts unencrypted at the remote site, so it&#x27;s not that hard to do.<p>Even with legislation there will be problems, and overstepping, but at least then there&#x27;s some semblance of recourse and ways to fight.  You can&#x27;t fix the problem for everyone and always, but you can fix it for most people most the time.  This is the sort of thing that should be in trade agreements and treaties.