Comment by mpyne

Sure, but when did that change? The NSA, even post-Verizon and post-PRISM still can't even get a warrant to get what I said.

The FBI could get a warrant, or local law enforcement, but that was true in 2012, and 2001, and 1999, and 1983 and 1961 and earlier. And while I understand "Law & Order" is just TV, it's pretty amazing what law enforcement can convince third parties to voluntarily let them see, and has been for decades as well.

Ever since I figured out crypto was a thing I knew to use PGP/GPG for things that had to be secret and to not trust the rest to remain secret forever. Certainly I wouldn't trust Twitter or Facebook, have you ever seen /r/cringepics??

Of course back then I wasn't worried about the government, I was worried about Mallory, but I'm still just as worried about Mallory as I was before.