SGG

Enshittification, just like with online services.

The simple answer is people want simple answers. Propaganda, especially that of the right gives them. Sure the answers are wrong, but they are easy to digest in the moment.

For more regular data you want to keep secure. Full disk encryption. Get that setup then as long as you did not use weak encryption method or have weak unlock methods you’re golden.

As for existing unencrypted data, overwriting it once is all you need.

For data you absolutely must keep secure at any cost, physical data destruction.

I hope other governments, small and large, start doing this.