My first impression when I read articles like this (and I&#x27;m sure many of you are thinking the same thing) is to come up with a distributed xmpp OTR&#x2F;pgp blah blah. But the reality is that the law simply must work.<p>What kept the government from tapping your phone lines before? It&#x27;s quite easy to do, after all. It&#x27;s respect for the law and consequences for breaking it*<p>We can spitball distributed messages systems all day but we MUST demand laws that respect the constitution and accountability of public officials.<p>*theres also the cost factor, and I believe these distributed encryption systems add considerable cost.