Take, for instance, Skype. It has end-to-end encryption, and call are damn hard to intercept due to p2p routing.
Instead of rejoicing, the man forced MS to build a backdoor into it.
The man is glad if your valuable communication can't be stolen by some Chinese spies. But you are a good citizen and have nothing to hide from your own government, right?
In Russian there's a semi-joking term 'thermorectal cryptanalysys', inspired by a number of gangster stories and movies, which involves a hot soldering iron and... yes, you guessed right.
Beats a compute cluster hands down.
This is why encryption is good against a foreign government, but not as good against your own.
Instead of rejoicing, the man forced MS to build a backdoor into it.
The man is glad if your valuable communication can't be stolen by some Chinese spies. But you are a good citizen and have nothing to hide from your own government, right?