How would a hypothetical governments requiring mitm interception capability &quot;kill the modern economy&quot;? If China, The EU etc required it, others would follow... Ordinary people would keep on using gov&#x27;t mandated mitm encrypted comms and apps.  So long as there was protection from your neighbor snooping on you, and the gov&#x27;t guarantees [whatever that means] it won&#x27;t use it against you except in &quot;combating terror&quot; most people would go along with it.<p>Just as with disease, you&#x27;re not looking to eliminate it, you&#x27;re looking to minimize it.