Comment on "Forensics for Prosecutors" mentions backdoor in TrueCrypt (page 15) [pdf]parentComments−BetterLateThan13yIt is impossible to overmistrust the State. If you could imagine the lows they will go to, you'd be working for them by now.−Houshalter13yIs it really impossible? Do you think there is literally really no limit to what they can do or what they will do?−glimmung13yNo, but they operate at a scale beyond our comprehension, and use reasoning beyond our comprehension (or mine, anyway!), so it's not too clever to imagine that we can anticipate their limits...
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It is impossible to overmistrust the State. If you could imagine the lows they will go to, you'd be working for them by now.
Is it really impossible? Do you think there is literally really no limit to what they can do or what they will do?
No, but they operate at a scale beyond our comprehension, and use reasoning beyond our comprehension (or mine, anyway!), so it's not too clever to imagine that we can anticipate their limits...