No, it can&#x27;t be defeated. If the government says &quot;you can&#x27;t use encryption on the internet&quot; then it&#x27;s game over, simple as that. The only thing that stops western countries doing this is the fact that politicians don&#x27;t realise it&#x27;s possible (and the horrible UX&#x2F;deployment issues involved with attempting to install a new root cert on every device your customers may have).