>No one should have that much power, because messaging and other encrypted services have become people’s memories, their casual hallway chats, their intimate wh

>No one should have that much power, because messaging and other encrypted services have become people’s memories, their casual hallway chats, their intimate whispers. Yes, there is longstanding legal precedent for searching someone’s papers and home, but the barriers to doing so are considerable – not just those imposed by law, but also physics. I agree with most of the article, but I think it is important to acknowledge that technology has also enabled many things that were previously impossible. A "casual hallway chat" or "intimate whisper" across countries and between thousands of participants was previously impossible.