&gt; What I don&#x27;t get is the repulsion people here seem to have with the simple idea that the state is entitled to evidence<p>I don&#x27;t think many people have any significant objection to the state acquiring evidence, as long as proper procedure (warrants&#x2F;etc) is followed.<p>While the repulsion is primarily over breaking encryption (key escrow nonsense, etc) and the damage that would cause, there is another problem with the Government&#x27;s desire for &quot;access&quot; that I haven&#x27;t seen much in the reprisal of the Crypto Wars compared to the previous round in the 90s.<p>The government is implicitly demanding additional work be done on it&#x27;s behalf. Managing a key escrow system (or part of it) isn&#x27;t free. There is a labor cost <i>and</i> a cost in damage to a business&#x27;s market position and reputation (their product will be seen - rightly - as less valuable).<p>A warrant isn&#x27;t a guarantee that a search will produce the desired evidence. It is unreasonable to demand that we (everyone, <i>before</i> any warrant is involved) should change our behavior and try to preserve evidence or compromise our own security to make it easier for the government at some hypothetical time in the future.