Note that I said <i>almost</i> sensible. As in, &quot;that motorcycle <i>almost</i> jumped that gorge.&quot; :)<p>And the <i>techniques</i> didn&#x27;t exist, certainly. I&#x27;m more interested in the information itself, though. Before <i>computers</i> existed, all of a person&#x27;s personal information was likely held on paper somewhere, either on their person or in their car or home or bank. At worst, the papers of a dead person would be locked in a safe—and law enforcement could always get a subpoena to have a safe cracked open.<p>Computers made the safe figurative, but FDE made the safe uncrackable, and put everything the person owns in there rather than just the stuff they think needs protecting. We really <i>did</i> lose something, and it&#x27;s not just convenience for law enforcement; many people&#x27;s entire life histories now evaporate upon their death, having been held entirely as digital artifacts on FDEed devices.<p>I&#x27;m not sure what to <i>do</i> about that. <i>Manufacturer</i> key escrow is obviously not the solution. I have a feeling that having a culture of <i>peer</i> key escrow might be, though. Teaching children that having escrowed backup keys is important, in the same way that having an emergency contact number for hospitalization is important, might help quite a bit. (We could also teach them the value of good passwords, while we&#x27;re wishing for a pony.)