I was thinking something similar. A darknet (or something like that) will become necessary, and it will become commonplace for people to use. It is currently

I was thinking something similar. A darknet (or something like that) will become necessary, and it will become commonplace for people to use. It is currently like this in China, were many non-tech savvy individuals commonly use anonymizers or proxies. However, what is really scary is the prospect of the government having this ability, but only exercising their power to silence dissent in secret, low-profile cases. Then, people who use TOR or similar will continue to be viewed as paranoid/criminals/conspiracy-theorists.