> "only Apple has the capability of rolling out this system"

I guess this is where I differ with you. No government was able to preassure apple to implement a complete client side verification till now but who knows how things will be now that they have a system in place that can be easily modified.

Anyways I hope your prediction turns out right. I live in a place where privacy laws don't really exist. The last thing I want is any system that can be easily exploited by authorities to crush dissent.