Comment by ben_w
6 hours ago
Irrelevant.
1) Illegal telecoms equipment can be seized
2) Someone doing this on the public Internet would only get away with it if their encrypted packets *never ever* went through a government licensed router. The moment they go through a public router: instantly detected.
You have an absurd level of confidence in government competence. Not even China can pull this off.
China isn't doing it for the same reasons I already said.
Can't square the circle. Crypto is too important.
Must have. Can't have. Must have. Can't have.
If it was easy to come down one side or the other, everyone in the world would be on the same page.
The tension between them is pulling everyone in both directions.