There are vast tracts of the world which <i>cannot</i> simply thumb their noses at government requests. Including the systems and communications concerning you, your possessions (home theft by database access and&#x2F;or impersonation fraud is a thing), and intra- and inter-business communications on matters concerning you.<p>You and your data trail are far larger than the few direct stones you cast.<p>And unless and until widespread encrypted comms are the default and <i>assumed</i> for all, only a very, very small subset of all online comms <i>will</i> be encrypted.<p>I&#x27;ve been fighting this battle myself for going on 20 years. I&#x27;d like to start seeing some fucking results, beyond &quot;HTTPS Everywhere&quot; browser plugins installed by a small subset of users.