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You could also see it the other way around, your application is not secure enough if terrorists, dissidents, drug dealers, whistleblowers and child pornographer
by the8472 9y ago
You could also see it the other way around, your application is not secure enough if terrorists, dissidents, drug dealers, whistleblowers and child pornographers don't feel confident to use it.
Look at Tor.
- Veratyr 9y agoYou could but I doubt the general public and policy makers are going to see it this way. They're still looking for a backdoor that only the "good guys" can access.
- sam4ritan 9y agoOnce again proving that they dont know how any of this works. And still getting re-elected
- lucaspiller 9y agoFrom an ethical point of view building this software must be difficult. On one hand you are building something that advances technology and could be used to help free people from an oppressive government, on the other hand you are also building something that could be used (and if it works most likely will be used) to aid acts that we all agree are morally wrong.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoAh, the essential ethical dilemma of building encryption software, polaroid cameras, and kitchen knives.
- leshow 9y agoPick almost any technology, even outside of computers. You could make the exact same statement. I don't see the ethical problem.