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> Why do people still believe that preventing civilians from using encryption is going to stop criminals? Is there a name for this fallacy? If there is no name
by m-p-3 6y ago
> Why do people still believe that preventing civilians from using encryption is going to stop criminals? Is there a name for this fallacy?
If there is no name for this, I suggest Congressman fallacy, since they're mostly clueless about this kind of stuff technology-wise and use But Think Of The Children™ as an argument to erode the privacy of its citizens.
- Shared404 6y agoI'm going to start using that name.
- ta17711771 6y agoI don't know that obfuscating the mechanics of a problem with in-crowd names will help spread the word well.
- Shared404 6y agoOn the other hand, it's a catchy, anti-politics name that is likely to cause people to ask what your talking about. Or I could just be completely wrong about that. If that turns out to be the case I'll just use it in-crowd.