[pwaai]

Well if you think about it it's actually quite genius ...

How do you subvert an increasingly connected population where information travels and spreads like wildfire that can force you out of power?

You bring those people on a platform where they are told they are safe because of technical jargon here.

It's in their best interest to not reveal these relationships or make it obvious that the people on such platform are being monitored. Nor are they trying to catch people who are smart enough to not use the platform. ex. "terrorists"

What's important is that they've essentially captured a large bracket of the population using such privacy tools thinking they are free from surveillance when in fact it's the complete opposite. Now you have full ability to disrupt and destroy any type of anti-government organization.