> I think its better to just admit that freedoms / tech will always be misused by criminal actors, and that's just a price we agree to pay for privacy, security

> I think its better to just admit that freedoms / tech will always be misused by criminal actors, and that's just a price we agree to pay for privacy, security, and liberty. Yes! Also, one sure way to know that we have "privacy, security, and liberty" is that criminals are abusing them. And, as an added benefit, efforts to identify and apprehend criminals help identify weaknesses and OPSEC failures.