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I never suggested such a thing, was just curious on your viewpoint.
The way I see it, as any platform or service gets more users, traffic and messages the probability that it will be used for nefarious purposes approaches 100%. It's the nature of life, it'll happen anywhere and everywhere people can communicate or interact. It's counter productive to ban technology like encryption or decentralised services just because someone might use it in a way the government doesn't like, or for other nefarious purposes.