"Is this pure government strong-arm style coercion with NSLs, or is this intentional malfeasance on the part of executive management hoping to data mine for the

"Is this pure government strong-arm style coercion with NSLs, or is this intentional malfeasance on the part of executive management hoping to data mine for their own profits?" Facebook is a surveillance company that sells profiles and/or data to 3rd parties for money. They own WhatsApp. That gives us a probable answer. Far as general case, the Core Secrets leaks indicate they both bribe companies & the FBI "compels" those that resist to "SIGINT-enable" the systems under "FISA" authority. The Yahoo case also indicated they fine companies enough to put them out of business. So, they can fine companies or possibly jail their executives if they don't put the backdoor in. It's also always secret with likely excuses that it's classified matter of national security, part of ongoing investigations, etc.