[ramesh31]

>“Look, if you have the US government after you, you’re already fucked. No level of encryption is going to help.”

Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/538/

[BillButter]

Relevant Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis

[DarylZero]

Yet somehow the US government can't even prevent me from downloading copyrighted torrents.

[xboxnolifes]

There's a difference between stopping an action at a societal level, and targeting an individual through any means necessary.

[tharne]

> There's a difference between stopping an action at a societal level, and targeting an individual through any means necessary.

Yup. It always amazes me how often people conflate, "The U.S. government can't be bothered to stop people from doing X" with, "The U.S. government can't stop people from doing X". If you want to test this out, try not paying federal taxes for a while.

[DarylZero]

There are people getting away with tax fraud all the time.