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They can make it so if they spot you using it (for other than communication with approved banks and retailers and such, maybe), that's instantly something they
by shantly 7y ago
They can make it so if they spot you using it (for other than communication with approved banks and retailers and such, maybe), that's instantly something they can charge you with. Then go after a few people who're spotted using it on the Internet by traffic sniffing, meaning the only folks left using it are cranks and actual bad guys.
- Judgmentality 7y agoA total tangent, but the words chosen in this comment and how it relates to the logic behind the US War on Drugs are eery - down to "sniffing" out paraphernalia, "trafficking" illegal goods, end users are "cranks" and bad guys...
- SubiculumCode 7y agoI can encode hidden meaningd in poetry. If you outlaw poetry, our US experiment is over.
- shantly 7y agoThat some may get around it isn’t the point. Most won’t risk charges to share recipes with aunt Edna or family photos with Grandpa. Some will keep using it and stay under the radar but any time someone’s caught using it, even if it wasn’t part of a crime, it’ll be added to the list of charges against them. It’ll be dead for common use, and risky and annoying to use for those who keep to it.
- imhoguy 7y agoThis is why I am hesitant to use Tor, efforts to monitor it are probably several folds stronger than normal clearnet.