Don’t worry guys its only for specific high-danger events like ‘crowded areas’, easy enough to avoid

In this day and age if you don’t see the value of a decentralised currency that no government can control, you’re very naive

Depends on your threat model and what you’re intending to guard against. You’re running an unsupported version of macOS so we’ll address that first, if you don’t mind losing 32-bit app support I would consider upgrading to Catalina at least. 10.14 Mojave stopped receiving security updates in 2021.

If you’re worried about someone physically getting your laptop I would enable FileVault in System Preferences with a strong password (you can enable it for the boot drive and also removable drives like USB sticks), and make sure you shut the laptop down whenever you’re leaving it somewhere.

TextEdit can work for writing simple documents but LibreOffice is a good option too, but the macOS port isn’t very good (lots of bugs and it runs slow af for me but YMMV)

With Bill C-22, the government would hold the copy. The lock you trust would no longer be a lock only you can open. It would be a lock the locksmith was ordered to duplicate.

I don’t think this analogy sells just how bad this is. Building a backdoor means fundamentally weakening the encryption. Instead of having an extra key it’s more like building a lock with a concealed button that lets you completely bypass it and open the door, and then just hoping nobody finds it besides the ‘right’ people (i.e cops and gov).