Perhaps I should be blamed for simply taking it for granted that the digital will always be in safe hands. I've neglected the potential risk of losing it.
You'll want to state it overtly, contextualizing your statements so that you're seen not as a disagreeable subordinate but as a colleague who's trying to advance a common objective.
132.The earnest customs officer took it for granted that he possessed the right to have a routine check of everyone's luggage but he had no idea he had offended the leader.