End-to-end encryption is not a “good to have.” It’s a must for the Taiwanese citizenry. We understand because there’s a lot of people who work in PRC jurisdictions, but they are Taiwanese and run Taiwanese companies. Ever since the great firewall wasn’t that great, in the very beginning, we understand what it’s like to be in an adversarial network environment. We’re very careful and aware of all this, long before Snowden. I would say that our Snowden moments came when the great firewall was first being built, and that was around the turn of century.

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