@oralloy,
Quote:got a warrant to look at my data, they would quickly determine that their suspicions were groundless and be on their way.
First it always amazed me that you love the second amendment but not the fourth or the fifth amendments.
Second there are hundred of thousands of federal and state laws and far more government regulations with the full force of law. It is almost impossible to know for sure if there is nothing on your hard drives that could be used as a weapon against you by government agents.
An example that come to mind is that millions of people who purchase DRM protected materials such as ebooks and videos and wish to be able to access them on devices that the DRM protection will not allow have illegal removed that protection.
It does not in fact matter if you had purchase the materials in a legal manner and never share the unprotected versions with anyone the act of removing the DRM is a federal crime and even having software tools do so so is a federal felony.
That is just one example of how a government acting in bad faith could find ways to charge someone they wish to go after, if they can gain full access to their hard drives.