Can you not see the GroupThink:
1. We [governments of most nations] are still alarmed by the ease of which a small group organised the petrol protests of 2001 in the UK, with nothing more than SMS messages
2. The Internet gives dissenters much greater ability to protest
3. Hmm, that Internet thing, could be great for surveillance of our own people. And if it wasn't for those darned encryption thingies...
4. Hey, Mr Tech Company, give us access to everyone's messages. There's shed loads of money for various Govt projects about here in exchange for data, and of course, my non-exec Directorship
5. The public? "Think of the children! Terrorists! Think of the children! Terrorists!"
Biting the hand that feeds IT
