> This seems like the worst idea with the best sales pitch that I've heard in 2021 so far. I guess I'll take that as a compliment, thank you. You're right to

> This seems like the worst idea with the best sales pitch that I've heard in 2021 so far. I guess I'll take that as a compliment, thank you. You're right to point out the unintended consequences of my idea, though, and I see now that it would need significant changes to be workable. Firstly, I don't think that encryption should count as a cover-up in any circumstance, just as the undisclosed contents of your own brain aren't covered up in any way that's punishable by the law. In general, I think that a cover-up means irretrievably destroying evidence that would naturally exist (like an item of clothing, or a book of accounts) or that you had a statutory duty to create and preserve in the first place (like body-cam footage or internal government communications). Defining what "naturally" means when applied to something like a "no logs VPN" might be tricky, but I think a reasonable line could be drawn.