It's not that nobody saw them coming it's that nobody cared enough to produce better technology. When a few key entities are central points of information dist

It's not that nobody saw them coming it's that nobody cared enough to produce better technology. When a few key entities are central points of information distribution it is very simple to monitor everything. End-to-end encryption is helpful, but it isn't enough, becaues no effort is required to know where to find everything. If you really want to lower the probability of state monitoring you need end-to-end encryption and point-to-point communication without a central service provider. Major information providers and social media have no motivation to solve that problem. Removing them from the communication channel between you and your grandma instantly renders them irrelevant.