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I am pretty sure that our government does not use "some script kiddie with an Apple ][" to decrypt files.
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True... and I am sure there are currently free encryption tools available which (when properly used) cannot be broken by any government out there any time soon
In addition, programs like
truecrypt offer you two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password:
1) Hidden volume (steganography) and hidden operating system.
2) No TrueCrypt volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished from random data).
In other words, it will be very difficult to prove you have encrypted data on there at all (again, if properly deployed. I can't stress this enough). This is well beyond the level of sophistication of border guards and deep into NSA territory.
On a related note, I still don't understand that people don't encrypt all their data and email traffic out of habit and general principles - because we can discuss interesting crypto but the fact remains the US government has no right to inspect my private data and communications, nor does anyone else.
I also don't understand that US citizens accept this kind of big brother behavior by their government. Land of the free, indeed.