That depends on where you live. Most places in the US, yes it is legal. It’s legal to keep almost any data for any reason in most of the US

16gb and a number less than 16gb both not being big enough numbers is making me crack up

“The people don’t actually know what they want, the Washington Post does”

Ok hand

It’s impossible to do without signing the with the valid cert. I think destroying the anonymity is the point

No you’re right. The ARF just ignored that constraint and intentionally built in a back door here. From the linked article:

However, the current ARF stipulates that law enforcement authorities can retroactively trace pseudonyms back to their legal identity. The provisions therefore „strongly contradicts the legal requirements,“ epicenter.works writes.

You WILL set up Cortana or you WILL be put through the Setup Wizard