Comment by themafia

> who had no idea their drive was encrypted

I think you just identified the problem clearly.

> Now the police don't even have to ask!

Security is not a switch you can turn on and forget about. Plus the police have extraordinary real world powers to compel you to disclose the necessary information anyways. Unless you're holding state secrets, which, c'mon, you're almost certainly going to give in and cooperate at some point. It wouldn't make for a great Hollywood movie but it would accurately reflect day to day reality.

> unreadable to everyone except you, Microsoft, and the police.

That's two too many. It should either be unreadable to everyone but me or readable by anyone with physical access. Does it not occur to people that you can still rely on physical security even in computing?

> Apple does the same thing

The two corporate computing giants do the same thing? I am not surprised but I also don't see it as a worthwhile data point.