True. I would say that the government can still compel individuals to surrender access to encrypted files with physical force.

I would also say that, similarly to how you can’t do all your criminal work inside a self-destructing safe, you can’t do all your criminal work in one e2e chat. Data will still be entering and exiting it somewhere, and if multiple people are involved, the relationships between them are weak points. But that’s getting too into the weeds. I think talking about something as simple as a lock would reframe the discussion for all but the most sycophantic.