This belief that you can somehow force the strong encryption genie back in his bottle is fascinating, if sad.

I guess it is not as futile as it may appear at first glance, though - after all, you don't need all the world's suppliers of communication software to adhere to be successful; just force the major ones to help you out, then simply assume that anyone using an insignificant (by user base) app is up to something nefarious.

Bah. Orwell was an optimist.