It's not about whether governments can do it, it's how easily it's accomplished. If it's as simple as the stroke of a pen, then it can and will be easily and f

It's not about whether governments can do it, it's how easily it's accomplished. If it's as simple as the stroke of a pen, then it can and will be easily and frequently abused. If it's technically possible, but it requires diverse favours to many individuals and unusual behaviour and lots of manpower, it'll rarely be considered and barely ever accomplished. A turnkey service, provided by an arm's-length organization like a corporation, is an almost irresistible lure. Good value prop for Apple, too; this'll generate favours for them, at least at first, when governments want the system used for this and that.