Encrypted messengers apps will be always available, because they are need for legal purposes.
If we follow the logic of this judge, all car and beer companies should be accountable for the drivers that kill driving drunk.
Please, tell me that I am wrong.
I'm stating that a commercial organization can be held liable and have action taken against it for running a messenger that violates the law of where it operates.
People torrent, but you would not expect a commercial torrent service to last very long if the law prohibits it. The technology can exist, but an entity formed within the framework of a government's regulations (in this case, a company) cannot run it.
Am I wrong?
Privacy is very important, millions of individuals can't loose it just because some criminals, that's is why I agree that this kind of companies shouldn't save the messages. This is my opinion.
Criminals could use other kind of encrypted messages, like email, or their own code. So it's in vain every body lose his privacy because some individuals, we must fight for other ways to combat crime.
If a Brazilian uses GPG is the author required to provide the Brazilian government a method of decryption? Are they required to take measures preventing Brazilians from acquiring the software?
This is XKCD 101: https://xkcd.com/538/