The question is whether or not Russian officials have as much power as they claim. President Putin only ordered the FSB to develop an encryption key collection technique two weeks earlier -- how did it manage to do that so quickly when surveillance agencies around the world have wanted this for years? The FSB doesn't say how its technique works (to no one's surprise), so it's difficult to know how realistic or wide-reaching its anti-encryption technology might be. The one certainty? You won't want to assume your chats are safe while in Russia, especially if you're going to criticize its government.