Except of course the counterexample of all of human history. This is the first time ever there's been widely available services that completely commoditize "a l

Except of course the counterexample of all of human history. This is the first time ever there's been widely available services that completely commoditize "a lock that law enforcement can't break with effort." In the universe where a physical analog existed where I could have a safe in my house that was literally impossible for anyone but me to open and was a black-hole of information I can't imagine governments liking that very much. I'm not even some hardened criminal and it's for sure where I would stash my drugs and pirated movies. This is an identity crisis for law, widespread E2EE means that there are certain kinds of laws that become impossible to enforce. It's the kind of story with Bitcoin and finance. You have a shadow financial system that while you can try and compel the individual participating in it you have no power whatsoever to compel the system as a whole. If a court rules that I am owed money from Bob the best they can do is lock him up, they can't actually go in and transfer the money without the keys.