Authorities compel tech companies to hand over data and place backdoors. They typically abuse secrecy laws to avoid public backlash, but their public demands have gotten bolder since the Snowden disclosures.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments...

https://www.techdirt.com/2016/02/16/no-judge-did-not-just-or...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-02/juniper-m...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants...

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1241YV/

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130614/02110223467/micros...

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=encryption%20ban

They even also do it without the companies' knowledge too.

https://archive.is/2023.10.31-203648/https://www.washingtonp...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/its-no-secret-governme...

Have you been living under a rock this past decade?