Because main manufacturers of equipment are also from paranoid puritans country ? (Huawey, Cisco, juniper, alcatel, nortel, ericson ...) And that it make MITM easy for agencies since government heavily subsidise telecoms maybe? ($$ for a backdoor)<p>And since Internet is globally like a very fast Gutenberg press, it has the same property as printed paper: privacy is not a problem of the media, but of the institutions&#x2F;organizations trying to control it. It is controled by law or force. Law&#x2F;force comes from&#x2F;is backed by government, so if you don&#x27;t have privacy then complain to your government for his actions (or lack of).<p>Sum up: privacy is not an internet problem (media). It is a problem between the citizens and their governments (use of media).<p>Had you opened a good history book you should know it. And also in the same books you should discover that the concern for privacy has already existed before internet : the more governments are authoritative the more they both tend to love secrecy for themselves and hate public debate for the others and want to control media.<p>Control of media by the government do not always align with the public&#x27;s best interests. DMCA, patents, IP laws, &quot;censorship for the protection of the kids&quot; ? Does it ring a bell? Google who wants you to read only sites that have nice ads so they filter out as non relevant some information.<p>Want to overthrow your government in the shadow? commit a crime? Sext your gf? I don&#x27;t care about these usage and consider them accessory. They divert people from real problems like accessing the information vehicled by the media.<p>By the way, they make very nice tinfoil hats nowadays. There are successful crowdfundings for it.<p>Ho, and internet is the real world? Ah ah ah.<p>As much as &quot;war and peace&quot; is the real world.