Right, but 641 wasn't about the integrity of the data, it was about the confidentiality. They had a big-ass fibre splitter intercepting the firehose of the inte

Right, but 641 wasn't about the integrity of the data, it was about the confidentiality. They had a big-ass fibre splitter intercepting the firehose of the internet, and presumably running protocol analysis on "their" copy of it. They weren't injecting malware into it a la Sony, just grabbing a carbon copy. And largely, people were okay with it in the name of "national security" following the September 11th attacks. I have every confidence that CF doesn't do that today, but since it's the termination point for TLS for a HUGE portion of the internet (including my own sites ;p), that seems like a huge target for feds to try to tap into. I think a lot of peoples' concern is that someday it could happen under a more authoritarian cabinet and court. As long as it can be done, it eventually will. Absolutely nobody wants that, save for a couple very under-educated and highly powerful individuals. But the rest of us might not have a choice.