> It's not technologically, politically or legally feasible to expect that anything you do on the internet can or should be kept from the authorities Which aut

> It's not technologically, politically or legally feasible to expect that anything you do on the internet can or should be kept from the authorities Which authorities? Just because you are comfortable with the authorities there where you are or the authorities you have today, doesn't mean you should be comfortable with the authorities here or the authorities you may have tomorrow > we can end anti-social behaviour as we know it and achieve the kind of peace and harmony that only come from full accountability Who is we? Who is going to read, interpret and correctly act on this information? Only a total boot heal would write something like this. Your faith in authority is misplaced. > Crime thrives in dark corners. A surveillance society is a searing searchlight to expose and eradicate the the rot. You know what else thrives in dark corners? Dissent. A searchlight can wilt a flower just as much as it can expose rot > Legitimate buyers have nothing to fear and terrorists get caught There are exactly two people that want to blow up a marathon with a pressure cooker bomb. Two. The planet was only able to produce 22 people who want to fly planes into buildings in over 80 years of commercial aviation. Even then, that was only possible because of an anomaly of state sponsorship. Terrorism is such a tiny problem as to not even deserve mention.