WW2, the Allies used all sorts of fake outs to lead the Germans to believe that the Enigma machine remained secure. Many people died for the sake of the secret.

Given the lengths the government has gone to monitor its citizens, I could believe the technology stack has already been compromised.

Upvote from me. Your point is completely valid and simply stated, and yes, I agree that they very possibly could do exactly this sort of thing for the sake of play-acting a government blindness that doesn't really exist as such.

Truly this site is crawling with anal-retentive man-children who downvote over any silly self indulgent bullshit they can think of.