This follows a global pattern: Australia (Assistance and Access Act), UK (Online Safety Bill), and now Hong Kong. The technical community needs to respond with better tools.
Devices should have credible deniability modes — plausible alternative environments that appear complete but contain nothing sensitive. VeraCrypt had hidden volumes for disk encryption; we need the equivalent for mobile devices.
Bitcoin holders in HK should be using hardware wallets with passphrases (hidden wallets) as a baseline security measure. The 25th word saves lives.
This follows a global pattern: Australia (Assistance and Access Act), UK (Online Safety Bill), and now Hong Kong. The technical community needs to respond with better tools.
Devices should have credible deniability modes — plausible alternative environments that appear complete but contain nothing sensitive. VeraCrypt had hidden volumes for disk encryption; we need the equivalent for mobile devices.
Bitcoin holders in HK should be using hardware wallets with passphrases (hidden wallets) as a baseline security measure. The 25th word saves lives.