It's along the lines of: internet plus sufficient crypto[1] makes speech free everywhere. It seems theoretically true, but not in practice. While I have severa

It's along the lines of: internet plus sufficient crypto[1] makes speech free everywhere. It seems theoretically true, but not in practice. While I have several hunches,[2] I admit I don't fully understand why it shakes out this way. [1] Plus steg, to the extent you think that's a separate discipline. [2] Like, we don't yet have good enough crypto[1], or it takes time, or most people don't care enough to participate in networks that enable others to speak freely, or authoritarian police forces let governments cheat at information security games (they don't actually have to prove anything to torture you), or some mix of all of those. I change my mind at least daily as to which of these is most important.