I don't know what to tell you other than the fact that "lawful intercept" only became lawful in the 1970s and that the laws/modern law enforcement techniques yo

I don't know what to tell you other than the fact that "lawful intercept" only became lawful in the 1970s and that the laws/modern law enforcement techniques you think are saving us from anarchy are relatively new. In the UK wiretap evidence isn't even admissible.