[flaburgan]

It still is risky, as who knows what tools NSA & cie really have. Even if it feels safe now, it can be stored by them, and what will (quantum?) computers be able to do in a decade? And how will the US gov look like at that time?

[xmprt]

Forget that. If they are really so motivated, they can get a warrant to raid your home and confiscate your hard drives.

It's not an apples to apples comparison because an administrative warrant served to Google is much different from raiding your home but if they wanted to they could.

At this point, acting as if America (and many parts of the world for that matter) aren't living under an authoritarian government is futile. We still have freedoms but they're trying really hard to take them away from us.

[drnick1]

> If they are really so motivated, they can get a warrant to raid your home and confiscate your hard drives.

This is where encryption comes in.

[fyver]

Encryption is easy to crack. Ever heard of the $5 wrench attack?

[fhdkweig]

Even if the encryption is sound, some day in the future laws can be written that compel a citizen to relinquish their passwords. In 2000, the UK passed a law called RIPA that can be used that way. They say it is only used in emergencies, but who is to say what constitutes an emergency.

https://thblegal.com/news/can-i-be-prosecuted-for-failing-to...

[Cider9986]

Of course, technical solutions are only helpful for a small portion of the population, while the default is what happens to most people. Since this is Hacker News, for plausible deniability for forced password disclosure, you can use VeraCrypt hidden partitions.

[palata]

My understanding is that symmetric cryptography is not at risk from quantum computers, though. For a backup, symmetric cryptography is fine.

[seanw444]

Exactly. People aren't taking SNDL seriously enough.

[palata]

Isn't symmetric cryptography safe from quantum computers? For your backup, just use a symmetric key, right?