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Great. He's breaking Tor. I want to see pedophiles in jail too, but if Tor is broken for this purpose, Tor will become useless for any purpose. Governments and

by Zak 17y ago

Great. He's breaking Tor. I want to see pedophiles in jail too, but if Tor is broken for this purpose, Tor will become useless for any purpose. Governments and others will catch on and take advantage of the same techniques to detect whatever other activity they happen to be interested in. If you're a supporter of the sort of privacy Tor provides, this is a Bad Thing.

lincolnq 17y ago
Well, it's only a Bad Thing if you consider releasing "exploit code" bad. (I wouldn't even classify this as exploit code, but...) After reading this, Tor users can decide whether they want Java applets (or any scripts, really) running on web pages they intend to view privately. This only highlights something that individuals concerned about privacy should have known beforehand, namely that Tor is just a tool.
die_sekte 17y ago
> I want to see pedophiles in jail too, […] So you're essentially pro-thought-crime persecution. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and guess that you meant "I want to see child rapists in jail too, […]". A pedophile does not harm children just by being a pedophile or by being attracted to them, they only harm them when they abuse them. I agree, however, with the rest of you post.
- Zak 17y ago
  You have a point. I don't really like the idea of thought crimes, however, to create child pornography, real children have to be sexually exploited. Consuming such content encourages its production. For what it's worth, I don't think things like child pornography that don't involve actual children should be illegal. Stories, cartoons and photoshop jobs don't involve any actual victims.
  - die_sekte 17y ago
    You certainly also have a point. I think it would be nice if child pornography could be produced by computer simulations and pedophiles thus would be able to feed their addiction without causing harm. Being able to focus the available resources on treating actual child abusers would be nice.
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by Zak 17y ago

lincolnq 17y ago

Well, it's only a Bad Thing if you consider releasing "exploit code" bad. (I wouldn't even classify this as exploit code, but...) After reading this, Tor users can decide whether they want Java applets (or any scripts, really) running on web pages they intend to view privately. This only highlights something that individuals concerned about privacy should have known beforehand, namely that Tor is just a tool.

die_sekte 17y ago

> I want to see pedophiles in jail too, […] So you're essentially pro-thought-crime persecution. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and guess that you meant "I want to see child rapists in jail too, […]". A pedophile does not harm children just by being a pedophile or by being attracted to them, they only harm them when they abuse them. I agree, however, with the rest of you post.

Zak 17y ago
You have a point. I don't really like the idea of thought crimes, however, to create child pornography, real children have to be sexually exploited. Consuming such content encourages its production. For what it's worth, I don't think things like child pornography that don't involve actual children should be illegal. Stories, cartoons and photoshop jobs don't involve any actual victims.
- die_sekte 17y ago
  You certainly also have a point. I think it would be nice if child pornography could be produced by computer simulations and pedophiles thus would be able to feed their addiction without causing harm. Being able to focus the available resources on treating actual child abusers would be nice.

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