> Given this, why can't we strive for a similar system on the virtual world as well?
Because there is no technical solution that allows something similar, such a solution
1. Must be exclusive to use by lawful authorities, a criminal cannot get a search warrant
2. Must have some reasonable per-instance cost to prevent overreaching
1 is very hard in a tech space if even possible, backdoors can always be used by other parties.
But even if 1 is possible, by the nature of digital surveillance it is very cheap and relatively easy to do mostly secretly, leading to things like NSA literally inspecting all internet traffic.
Yes, theoretically you could the seconds this if it is the overwhelming political will, but it isn't, and the general public doesn't care.
Because there is no technical solution that allows something similar, such a solution
1. Must be exclusive to use by lawful authorities, a criminal cannot get a search warrant 2. Must have some reasonable per-instance cost to prevent overreaching
1 is very hard in a tech space if even possible, backdoors can always be used by other parties.
But even if 1 is possible, by the nature of digital surveillance it is very cheap and relatively easy to do mostly secretly, leading to things like NSA literally inspecting all internet traffic.
Yes, theoretically you could the seconds this if it is the overwhelming political will, but it isn't, and the general public doesn't care.
So in the end it's better to encrypt everything