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Every time someone writes an article about gun control, you can rewrite it to be an attack on encryption. If you're going to be holding "amoral objects" respons
by bjt2n3904 11y ago
Every time someone writes an article about gun control, you can rewrite it to be an attack on encryption. If you're going to be holding "amoral objects" responsible, why not encryption?
> Do you know how a properly functioning society would react to an event like <The Silk Road / misc darkweb crime>? [...] Within months, the country's governing party led a bipartisan effort to prevent such a tragedy from ever happening again (by banning TOR).
> The <technology> used in <misc crime ring> that resulted in all those <abused children> were legally <downloaded>
> The logic is outrageous: "<Children> got <abused>. So we need a backdoor into your phone."
And you could go on and on. The First and Second Amendments are related, now more than ever.
One last point. The author cites gun control as the solution to mass shootings, but there's a bit of a hole in his logic. France's gun control laws did nothing to prevent the Bataclan shooting from happening. All it did was make a room full of people that couldn't defend themselves.
- coldpie 11y agoDon't think encryption has ever killed someone.
- bjt2n3904 11y agoThe FBI would like to disagree with you on that. Why do you think they're trying to hack the iPhone? (Or at least, their claimed motive.)
- coldpie 11y agoTo get more information about what caused the shooters to kill people using guns. Edit: I mean, nobody walks into a bank and says "Everybody get down! I've got encryption!"
- bjt2n3904 11y agoUnderstandably, but does it matter how directly encryption is involved? You could come up with contrived examples if you want. Jigsaw the serial killer (of Saw infamy) has been captured by the police. However, he's got his final victim in a booby trapped room where he'll drown in an hour. The location and instructions to disable the traps are encrypted on a thumb drive, which he'll decrypt if the police set him free. Edit: What should be evident is that no matter what means are used, the person behind it is responsible. Focusing on tools that are used by good people to protect themselves doesn't follow.
- gargravarr 11y agoOh, I know this one. You use some fancy suspending gear and enter Jigsaw's dreams to retrieve the clue![1] [1]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209958/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209958/
- SeanDav 11y agoLet's see.... If it were possible to remove all guns in USA with a wave of a magic wand: Number of deaths due to Gun Violence: 0 If it were possible to remove all encryption in USA with a wave of a magic wand: Number of deaths due to Gun Violence: A lot, lot , lot bigger than 0.
- yardie 11y agoFrance's gun laws prevent more people getting killed. The Bataclan was an exceptional event. Mass shootings in the US seem to occur every frigging month. They aren't even exceptional anymore. Even the media refer to them as "another mass shooting" they are so common.