Although I don't actually want this... surely there can be a "we can listen but you can't" based on data forwarding and asymmetric encryption. e.g. the FBI publish rotating public keys (perhaps a. indexing key, b. metadata key and c. content key) and tell all businesses what information they must encrypt and forward and with which keys. Storing, filtering, indexing and access controls are entirely the responsibility of the FBI and hopefully a court order and super safe data handling requirements are enforced, such as the indexing servers having access to only the indexing-data private-key. Not an encryption backdoor, just a requirement to encrypt and forward piles of content. and yes, the encryption itself must be bulletproof otherwise all bets are off.

I've tried out a bunch of these suggestions but what I think I really want is a simple file encryptor so that I can just dump a word-doc or similar on dropbox and pack/unpack it easily. Why I want this: - I have 'stuff' that isn't passwords and/or is more freeform than a URL/password pair: including SSNs, bank account numbers, immigration info, phone-access PINs, some sites with public URL, private URL, raw IP address, contact details etc, sites where I have multiple testing accounts, etc.. - I find that a freeform document that I edit at will and use Ctrl-F for search is the simplest and most flexible. - I'd like to have an easily synced respository (eg dropbox) with strong encryption. - I like to get asked the passwork every time I open the respository, but then be able to party on it for a while if I'm making a bunch of updates or collating some info (unlike lastpass which I'm finding a bit too permissive or a bit too rigorous) - I'd like to access this encrypted, synced file from lots of devices if possible. but at a minimum from PC/Mac and then Linux/phones. Does anyone do this? The bit I'm missing is the simple cross-platform encryptor/decryptor piece. -mike.