I may be cynical, but I see the opposite. I really want to believe Snowden is right about this, but what I see is governments passing more obscure laws to create more legal loopholes, and in fact doubling down on the investment in "security" infrastructure.<p>I don't see a trend of governments demanding accountability from their spies. Quite the opposite. The conservative government is about to try to pass yet another version of the Snooper's Charter, and you know what, I think this time they may well succeed, since the tories have the majority and have only just won their seats. Even if they vote to betray the human race by passing the Snooper's Charter, it will be forgotten by the time the next election comes round.<p>Looking around Europe, I don't see a lot of visible concern about this. Occasional articles, etc, but most people don't get why this is important.<p>The only positive trend at all is the increase in use of encryption that he notes. And to balance out that positive trend, what do we have? Governments of the world starting to make noises that "encryption should be illegal".<p>Will Apple, Google, Facebook, etc, keep fighting for encryption if it's made illegal? Dubious.<p>We're losing this battle at the moment.