Should the police be allowed to do this? I don't know. Obviously the line has to be drawn somewhere right? Child pornography isn't like narcotics. It isn't in a

Should the police be allowed to do this? I don't know. Obviously the line has to be drawn somewhere right? Child pornography isn't like narcotics. It isn't in any way a victimless crime and I would prefer that the police be able to inhibit its distribution. But then again if they had taken the same actions because someone was purchasing drugs I would be totally opposed. Severity of a crime is subjective, but a the law is still the law no matter how unfair it may seem. My point is that either the police should be allowed to take these actions or they shouldn't and the crime in question shouldn't really enter the picture. Actions taken based on one type of crime can be fairly easily justified for another. This is why in the US free speech is limited as little as is possible. It's a slippery slope. So I think the real question is if you operate a Tor exit node and something illegal passes through it should the police be able to compel you to release the passwords to your servers. I think they probably shouldn't. You would be hard pressed to find a Tor node that something illegal hasn't passed through. Does that give police carte blanche to access any information on any Tor node they want? Maybe.