Comment by b65e8bee43c2ed0
14 days ago
I don't think that many people here are naive enough to believe that any business would fight the government for the sake of its customers. I think most of us are simply appalled by this blatantly malicious behavior. I'm not buying all these "but what if the user is an illiterate, senile 90-year-old with ADHD, huh?" attempts to rationalize it away. it's the equivalent of the guy who installed your door keeping a copy of your keys by unspoken default - "what if your toddler locks himself out, huh?"
I know the police can just break down my door, but that doesn't mean I should be ok with some random asshole having my keys.
Assume good intent. If Microsoft didn't escrow the keys, the next HN post would be "mIcR0SofT Ate mY chILDhooD pHOTos!!"
So don't secretly encrypt data someone else owns on their device!