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by nimvlaj30 1755 days ago
I come at this from a data security point of view. I honestly don't care if police want to read my data. If some knocked on my door with a warrant, I'd gladly decrypt my drives. I have nothing illegal on them.

What I do have a problem with is anti-encryption laws weakening the security of my services. Hackers are getting better and better. Nation states are DDoSing services that I use, and leaking the details.

Police wanting backdoors means that real end-to-end encryption isn't even an option. This opens me up to vectors of attack from people I don't even know, who are desperate for my money or identity.

For that reason, my threat model includes corporations and government. Although, if asked to decrypt my data in person and hand it over, I will with no issues.