I was thinking the same thing. Even though you can encrypt on top of existing messaging services if it becomes the norm that they can watch all traffic anyone w

I was thinking the same thing. Even though you can encrypt on top of existing messaging services if it becomes the norm that they can watch all traffic anyone who uses such an extra layer will be immediately flagged and put under more surveillance. So for the surveillance state it would be much easier to deal with people who try to live outside the system / norm and simply criminalize privacy of any kind. I don't agree with it but you can't say it's stupid or they have no incentive to pass this.