This is all true, but it&#x27;s also true &quot;governments&quot; had previously had [court ordered or otherwise, depending on jurisdiction] access to communications, when necessary in order to track individuals or obtain evidence.  The claim is that now people can choose technologies which allow them to evade communications interception [easily] which frustrates governments when they want to intercept communications.<p>I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s far fetched to believe if not the US countries abroad will require technology vendors to provide interception systems ala BlackBerry.  Big enough markets, can say, Apple, you can still sell in our country[1] but you must grant access [MITM, whatever] and you know what, Apple will not want to see its growth markets evaporate.<p>[1] They&#x27;d also disallow non-approved apps from country app store and also disallow carriers from allowing jailbroken handsets.