> 3. I don't like this way of doing things, but I do understand that there's been major push from the US Government for this kind of tech. Basically, the tech c

> 3. I don't like this way of doing things, but I do understand that there's been major push from the US Government for this kind of tech. Basically, the tech companies had two choices: either add an actual backdoor, or provide another way of checking the content of all their users. They went with the latter. That was the wrong decision. Had they just removed the strong encryption of cloud content, this would be the standard case you are referring to. Now, since it's local, the question is no longer what it's currently being used for, but how long before they are obligated by the government to activate it for local files also.