Sorry, b/c the question mark is outside the parens I read that as the end of the sentence.

Then I refer to my comment on prism: "if you want to protect data from the government, prism etc, you're SOOL, no one can stop them cheating. let's focus on big-/tech/-startup cheats."

Though you talk about "backing" escrow, I mean regulating. The government otherwise controls all business and society. How is it any different to the banks, sec companies etc in that respect.