> Reading the data doesn't mean they can impersonate you, as the device wouldn't give you access to private keys used for authentication (lets even say these ar

> Reading the data doesn't mean they can impersonate you, as the device wouldn't give you access to private keys used for authentication (lets even say these are deleted), only encryption. They would gain access to anything that isn't separately protected. Every application doesn't necessarily store their authentication in that separate storage that gets wiped and if there is such a storage, there isn't really anything prevents applications from using that storage for other purposes, for example storing the encryption key for application's data. Gaining access to files, photos, email and such could be used for, for example, blackmail or identity theft. If politicians, police, intelligence agencies and military are not ready to entrust their data behind the same "escrow" mechanism then clearly they don't trust it enough. If it was as perfectly protected from abuse as claimed then they would have no reason to not trust it as well.