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If we're going to throw out anything and everything to win that unwinnable battle, first goes encryption, then cameras, then computers, and then finally all hum
by pixelpoet 7y ago
If we're going to throw out anything and everything to win that unwinnable battle, first goes encryption, then cameras, then computers, and then finally all humans after puberty.
Obviously there must be some reasonable limit, and making all encryption illegal (or just for civilians, and then shady stuff will start happening under govt and corporate encryption) is truly throwing the baby out with the bathwater, in that digital society can no longer function.
We don't stop selling knives because some people get stabbed with them, they still sell AR-15s in America despite ridiculously frequent mass shootings, so I can't see where the logic is coming from for making encryption illegal.
- Gatsky 7y agoYes I agree with you. But at the same time, I don’t feel comfortable knowing what is going on and just accepting that it is a cost of liberty. We are talking about the worst, most harmful most exploitative human behaviour that destroys lives. If we can’t introduce some nuance and proportionality here then well I think we are doomed. Guns aren’t a good example... I mean guns are regulated? There isn’t total liberty there.
- soraminazuki 7y agoWell, encryption doesn't cause child exploitation, very much like how the air we (and criminals alike) breathe doesn't either. Limitations of police powers are there for a very good reason, and it's not like there wasn't much crime when they were introduced. I think it's short-sighted to give up our civil liberties because of crime.