On: Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf]

[account42]

There is definitely a common type of computer security enthusiast for whom the need for security is absolute and costs don't even enter the equation.

[izacus → account42]

Ironically, Signal folks have shown those leanings a lot when they forbade people from backing up their messages.

[trumpdong → account42]

The difference is who controls it. If you want to set up secure boot with your own keys, good on you, go for it.

[account42 → trumpdong]

That's exactly the shortsighted view I'm talking about - you are ignoring the cost of building/adopting a system that you may not control in the future.