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The gobertment does not need to use advanced stuff when they can just use coercion. https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/ When the Roman Empire wanted something like water engineering or gold mining they found out who did it best, and then did invade the territory and enslave those who knew how to do it. Steel traders from India will tell Romans it came from China so they did not invade it. When the US three letter agencies want something from some company, they use a similar strategy: You are with us or against us. You can let us install backdoors in your software or you are a terrorist that support terrorists.