> If an organization is in a position to confiscate the camera from a journalist, they're almost certainly ALSO in a position to extract the encryption password

> If an organization is in a position to confiscate the camera from a journalist, they're almost certainly ALSO in a position to extract the encryption password from the journalist. There's a lot of gray areas where it's very much worth it. Think of some places where police can seize your camera, make a copy of the data (perhaps in secret), but they don't dare torture you for fear of geopolitics.