Don't forget, however, that for the exact same excuse, the NSA approached american companies who complied with voluntary backdoors for years, until someone betrayed and exiled to Russia.

Not saying both are right, just that this is done from New Zealand to Finland, and it's not very easy to understand why we in Hong Kong are suddenly oppressed by that.

Because the possibility that you are disappeared for your online activities is likely much much higher in HK now than it has ever been in those other countries.