I do agree, but historically we've been able to write software in an environment we didn't foresee being hostile. We've been too trusting and blasé when it come

I do agree, but historically we've been able to write software in an environment we didn't foresee being hostile. We've been too trusting and blasé when it comes to privacy and security. For example, look at the original SMTP implementation: the designers didn't take into account there might be governments or other bad actors that would snoop wholesale on such messages as they bounced around the infrastructure. If the original designers had known, the specification would have undoubtedly been different. It's also hard to create a system that's private and secure, and it's vastly less convenient to use which increases friction and drives down adoption. PGP, for example, is very good but extremely inconvenient to use all the time. As an outsider, I think I understand the rationale behind their design decisions. Just saying it should have been more carefully created with privacy in mind glosses over the many complexities and difficulties that design goal entails. We, as creators of software, have problems that are more political than technical, no matter where we are in the world.