Salt Typhoon and the Impossibility of "Lawful Access"

I recently finished restoring all the posts I wanted to retain from the archive I exported from the previous incarnation of this website. In the process I reminded myself of why I have followed many of the themes that I do, like privacy. I admit to not paying as much attention to the details of the Salt Typhoon story as I could have. Revisiting my old episodes and posts reminded me of how I used…