This time yes. Legislation in most countries seems to be moving only in one direction: More surveillance of all communication methods.
We've already had people being arrested/charged for private gatherings among a small number of friends just because the government(s) decided to impose arbitrary restrictions on who you could meet. We are also seening more and more arrests and fines for public speech that happens to offend someone. You can bet that once the capability is there this will eventually also happen with private digital communications.
We've already had people being arrested/charged for private gatherings among a small number of friends just because the government(s) decided to impose arbitrary restrictions on who you could meet. We are also seening more and more arrests and fines for public speech that happens to offend someone. You can bet that once the capability is there this will eventually also happen with private digital communications.