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Under dictatorships, you will be found guilty if you are found with an SD card full of encrypted files.

While the encryption does protect your data, it definitely doesn't protect you. Probably hurts you, as people will start applying iron bars to find out how to uneceypt your data.




Hidden volumes or steganography have been around for a while for the explicit purpose of 'plausible deniability': https://www.truecrypt.org


And I can say I'm carrying a deck of cards around because I really like playing solitaire in my free time, but its not going to stop the govt from beating me with the boot if they really want to.


Yes, it's just that if they really want to, even the entire deck of cards side of the story becomes irrelevant.



Dictatorships don't need proof to beat, detain or kill you though.

Having an encrypted SD card is bad, but so is looking suspicious, knowing someone suspicious, having the wrong shaped skull etc etc etc.

As I said, I pray that I never have to live in such a society.




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