> It never occurred to me that end to end encryption would eventually have the use case of preventing security services from scaring themselves and then blaming

> It never occurred to me that end to end encryption would eventually have the use case of preventing security services from scaring themselves and then blaming you for a false alarm... It never occurred to you that incompetence/stupidity is rampant? Allow me to introduce you to Mr. Hanlon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor and his close friend, Peter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle