Kostchei

factory reset will do the job even for forensic tools- the border-class forensic tools- cellebrite, magnet forensics aquire, oxygen, etc are all accessing above the flash translation layer. So deleted is deleted, in that case, on a phone. And chip off is Mossad level expertise, due to chip size/complexity, wear-leveling and said flash translation.

How about this. Make 2 email accounts. One for your stuff, one that is more or less empty. Re-set your phone to factory. Synch with the empty account. When you are in-country, reset phone, synch with first account. Done. 45 minutes or less with decent wi-fi. Of course my preference is to avoid said country on principle in the first place.

Right. Well that changes things. There is some evidence of the contents. I wonder if there are hash values for those 20,000 CEM files and if they are still on freenet. If so LE could aquire, via the hashes, from the network, and prove, without opening the drives, what the contents are. At least it becomes a strong circumstantial case. If you were relying on a single file you could claim the odds of hash collision etc, but after a few hundred I think you are well past that. There is a pattern of behaviour here.

*edit - aquire not require..

There are several ways to utilise TrueCrypt to truly hide data. The issue is "operational security", not the tool you use. You need to think about how the data is stored, what it will look like whilst encrypted, how will you handle that under questioning. "yes my drive is fully encrypted, get stuffed" will not suffice. It'd be nice, but the reality is that you will be required to bow down in digital obeyance to the court/man/gov

I think the idea of 16 months for contempt is legally ridiculous. However, they have some evidence. I presume their de-construction of freenet will have given them some insight. The technical issue that concerns me, and I'm not sure if they have addressed, is how freenet stores data and whether the material they allege is his or a 3rd party's. Last time I looked into freenet it was doing the equivalent of storing chunks of other people's data, encrypted of course, on your machine. Like being a torrent server and storing some of the actual data the torrents refer to. A peer to peer data network, not just a reference library. Yes that sounds crazy, but that was the state a few years ago. No wonder it ran like treacle.

2 points that I am aware of- attempts in India to rein in the "black" cash economy- which is perhaps 60% of GDP and currently untaxed- so notes taken out of circulation etc. And global jitters about banking and stability in general- I'd blame Trump but he may be a symptom, not a cause.

I've done some form of boxing, grappling /judo or martial art for 30 years. I taught physical skills- use of force, to law enforcement for 6 years. For 5 years I worked in a violent custodial environment. Some young people entering that work-place had never faced an angry man, never been in a real fight. For them that "martial arts" environment is a reasonably safe and accessible place to start. I agree that it is no substitute for actual combat/use of force training but I wished some of them had at least gone to the local Y or a regular basis. The 6 month "entry to service" training was not sufficient, nor was 3 days a year skill updates. Perhaps the biggest issue with "martial arts" is the misunderstanding some people arrive at they can start a fight and win, and not get hurt. That their theoretical skills will enable them to prevail without pain. That is dangerous and un-helpful.

except, when you start looking into cash//fiat money (as opposed to promissory notes), it is anonymous and inherently dis-honest. What would be honest is a system where the "wealth" associated with an action could be traced. You could tell when wealth from a prostitution transaction, collected by a pimp, was paid to a councilman or official as a bribe. Our current cash system washes that stain and banks do their best to maintain that "privacy", with varying degrees of success.