Its actually a bit crazy that this person, highly connected, clearly associated with intelligence assets globally, perhaps one themselves (not working for mossad 😉 remember that!), didn’t require better opsec of themselves, their associates (at least Maxwell). I don’t recall if they set up their own e-mail server or if they used a service, but e2ee encryption with full disk encryption, and then refusing to cooperate… As far as I know they had nothing but basic password protection. In that case, if you physicaly control the laptops, its almost inevitable that someone is going to be able to view the contents.

Any one know if e2ee and full disk encryption would be sufficient? I’m not talking about crazy hypothetical edge cases. Basic e2ee and full disk encryption to me is just standard for… well practically everything. I would consider that basic hygiene for being on the modern internet, along with a proper VPN like mulvad.

Another aside and something to recognize, the accused here don’t think of themselves as engaging in wrongdoing. Its a cult of power and privileged, the point of which is that the rules don’t apply. Even after 2008, these people continued to engage with Epstein. A big part of this is psychological.