> By the time the FBI comes knocking for your devices, they have a lot of evidence, not a list of hash collisions. Not necessarily. The FBI knocks on your door

> By the time the FBI comes knocking for your devices, they have a lot of evidence, not a list of hash collisions. Not necessarily. The FBI knocks on your door when they have convinced a warrant-signing judge, that’s there is probable-cause, or that additional information can be collected to build a case in which the defendant will ‘plead’ or make a deal for sentence reduction. 90% of defendants make a deal and never go to trial because by that time the stakes are so high a guilty verdict includes the harshest possible sentence. FBI only needs to convince you they can win a case or the judge that there might be fruit behind a locked door, they don’t need direct evidence. It’s really up to the judge.