<i>&gt; Those who are performing whatever evil acts of information sharing are disallowed by the counsel will use tools that do not have a counsel who can backdoor the system.</i><p>And if everyone else is using the tools that the council can backdoor if it decides to, then anyone who uses different tools will immediately stand out. I think that&#x27;s a key reason why Chaum expects that governments and law enforcement agencies are more likely to accept this type of system.