body: Under what guise of law, would state actors (UK, US, etc.) be able to issue secret (unpublished) subpoenas that require industry / utilities to provide government **access** to their systems? Examples of **access** include [phone companies, which were forced during the Clinton administration to build digital networks that government agents could tap.](https://www.wsj.com/articles/attorney-general-calls-on-facebook-to-limit-message-encryption-plans-11570130636?mod=hp_lead_pos2)
  
  
  The modern day version of "tapping" is dismantling end to end encryption of messaging systems such as Facebook or WhatsApp
  
  
  
title: Is there precedent of secret subpoena that compels government access?