while your idea has value, I think the point being made is that this is an issue with views on human rights and liberty, not technology.
"We can solve this today; if you're asserting we can't, be prepared to prove it before the audience expands to encourage accountability." Whether that audience is higher up the leadership ladder, adversarial peer stakeholders more motivated to succeed, the general public, regulators/legislators, or journalists is situation specific.
When there's a will, there's a way.
Unfortunately, in this situation, there's no will.