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by bsder 4323 days ago
Obviously, with enough resources the information can be extracted. The US or Russia clearly have enough resources to either dig through technically or simply threaten to murder those who don't cooperate.

However, the real issue is that very powerful people are using these techniques. So, governments have to worry that they're going to accidentally trip over somebody who is powerful enough to cause problems. If you are a bureaucrat examining what you think are low-level offenders but accidentally stumble onto something held by Vladimir Putin, you're going to bury that post haste so as not to endanger your life.

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> The US or Russia clearly have enough resources to either dig through technically or simply threaten to murder those who don't cooperate.

A government is not going to threaten to murder folks for not turning over some financials. I think you've been reading too much Tom Clancy.