Government snooping seems to be the in-thing.

See how India is going about it:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Government-can-now-snoop-on-your-SMSs-online-chats/articleshow/19932484.cms

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/08/india_privacy_woes_central_monitoring_system/

We can only hope we are not there yet, and we never will.

Garr.P