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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Your Files Land Where Laws You Can't Vote For Apply
00:43 USA: Why It's Even Worse Than You Think
04:00 Section 702: The Loophole That Targets Everyone
05:20 Iceland: Surprisingly Close to Perfect
06:51 UK: The Secret Backdoor Into Your Encryption
08:44 China & Russia: The Obvious F-Tier Countries
09:58 Canada: Why I Had to Drop It Down a Tier
12:30 Five Eyes & Nine More: The Alliance That Changes Everything
14:38 Sweden's Wild Border Surveillance Law
15:30 New Zealand & Australia: Better on Paper Than in Practice
19:29 Japan & India: Both Heading the Wrong Direction
23:15 Hungary, Italy & Spain: Europe's Messy Middle
27:23 France & Norway: The Countries That Surprised Me Most
31:25 Taiwan & Gibraltar: Almost Great, But Not Quite
34:04 Switzerland: My Former #1 Has Fallen
36:15 Germany: Why Proton Actually Moved Its Servers Here
39:55 Does Encrypting Your Own Files Fix Everything?
41:06 The Final Tier List & What I Got Wrong