Good point. Unfortunately, there are a number of conceivable security issues with any (new) internet protocol set. Most importantly, given history and the current flap about surveillance, there will almost certainly be a mutually exclusive set of requirements from 'regular' users and governments, and any new proposal—let alone implementation—will have to run the gauntlet of the latter no matter what formal policies and legislation allow. Individual security efforts within existing frameworks, to the extent that they are practical, will remain subject to interception and brute force access attempts. It's not even clear if 'effective' surveillance can ever be made too expensive to be worthwhile to those who are in favor of it.
All that said, you have to start somewhere, and I suppose any attempt is better than none. I'm not holding my breath, though.
