Hence the container vs. actual evidence... (and fur the purposes of this thread a zip file or directory on a hard drive would NOT be considered a container). IANACL but don't think the authors of the constitution considered the possibility of a 100% impenetrable container... a real world equivalent would be a house or safe with 2ft solid tungsten walls (which wasn't discovered until 1783) and on the other side a device that could not only open any lock in a city but EVERY lock in an instant. Right now govt is trying to get around this by pressuring companies to provide keys/backdoors to the devices/systems they sell. I argue that it would be better to have my 4th and 5th amendment rights spelled out with clear boundaries rather than the current muddled mess we have which govt is using to overstep the spirit of the constitution if not the letter.

But then you wind up with 2 options: 1. Compel people to unlock protected digital devices or 2. Give law enforcement the tools to break into protected digital devices. I'm rather see the 5th amendment modified rather then see the 4th stomped on. The potential for (and documented) abuse of backdoors and decryption tools is, I think, a far greater risk than abuse of warrants. So, perhaps, the 5th amendment shouldn't apply to containers of evidence .... to us a physical example: I've embezzled $5 million from my company. I've written down the account #'s and transactions on a piece of paper in my own personal secret code and locked it in a safe... Can I be compelled to provide the combination to the safe... yes (its just a container) Can I be compelled to provide the code to understand what I've written ... no (its the evidence) I'd rather have more secure digital devices that require due process to access (the abuse of that is a whole other topic) than have the illusion of security with deliberately compromised systems for the benefit of LE.

I heard the same thing with a little programming language came to market called Visual Basic ... and Access would end the need for DBA's ... and in a way they did ... both lowered the bar for entry into creating applications. But... The end result was a torrent of sub-standard programs (and programmers) and a lot more work and opportunities for experienced/skilled programmers. To be sure things like AI and Dry.io are going to solve lots of problems but they will created a whole new set of problems (read opportunities).

You do the best you can. If you care enough about the job to stay, I would make sure that senior management knows where the bottle-neck is. When giving status reports diplomatically remind people that "Item X,Y and Z" are not released due to delays in IT. I feel for you, my company was infected by middle management about 8 months ago, now releases that took me 30 seconds (literally I timed it) now take 2 weeks at the minimum.