> I don't think their technical capability got significantly worse in that time I think that was probably around the same time more and more of the web moved f

> I don't think their technical capability got significantly worse in that time I think that was probably around the same time more and more of the web moved from HTTP to HTTPS. Even webmail was accessed over plaintext for a long time, so I guess a lot of signal got worse while legal access got not only better but "integrated".