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I think the best approach may be a disingenuous one: Anyone advocating for encryption back doors is a pedophile. Encryption helps users keep their data privat

by cwkoss 6y ago

I think the best approach may be a disingenuous one: Anyone advocating for encryption back doors is a pedophile. Encryption helps users keep their data private from others, including service providers and the government. DEEP STATE PEDOPHILES have infiltrated our government and want to have free reign to access pictures of you infant child in the bathtub for their disturbing desires. Pedophiles managing social media servers want to be able to snoop on the private media of anyone their sick desires are targeted at. They want to be able to blackmail your children who have taken selfies in the mirror into sending them more child pornography or even committing espionage against their own parents or families, consolidating power for the secret cabal of pedophiles at the top of our institutions. Say NO to pedophiles, keep encryption secure! Any politician who supports these measures should get the question, "Why do you support this legislation, are you a secret pedophile?"

triceratops 6y ago
There's no need to resort to lies like that. It's better to stay away from the crazy conspiracy theories. Even the following is sufficient and true: "Imagine your child's calendar, real-time location, grades, medical history, selfies, search and video viewing history, chats with friends hackable by any predator. All of this is possible if we allow the government to force backdoors." Just keep hammering on that point to any politician or voter who supports encryption backdoors. Ask them why they want to make children less safe. Stop saying "you can't outlaw math" and "terrorists will use encryption anyway" - people either don't understand, or don't care.
- DecoPerson 6y ago
  We treat wood to fight termites. The treatment is unnecessary if there’s no termites, but it fights them if they’re there so we do it. In the same vein, we should spread “counter-conspiracy” theories to fight conspiracy theories. A kind of poisoning by noise. Hopefully, net education levels will rise over time, increasing our resistance to and eventually destroying the harmful viruses that are unfounded conspiracy theories.
  - triceratops 6y ago
    Spreading counter-conspiracy theories is like introducing a non-native species to fight termites. It might work but you will likely end up with a whole different set of problems.

by cwkoss 6y ago

triceratops 6y ago

There's no need to resort to lies like that. It's better to stay away from the crazy conspiracy theories. Even the following is sufficient and true: "Imagine your child's calendar, real-time location, grades, medical history, selfies, search and video viewing history, chats with friends hackable by any predator. All of this is possible if we allow the government to force backdoors." Just keep hammering on that point to any politician or voter who supports encryption backdoors. Ask them why they want to make children less safe. Stop saying "you can't outlaw math" and "terrorists will use encryption anyway" - people either don't understand, or don't care.

DecoPerson 6y ago
We treat wood to fight termites. The treatment is unnecessary if there’s no termites, but it fights them if they’re there so we do it. In the same vein, we should spread “counter-conspiracy” theories to fight conspiracy theories. A kind of poisoning by noise. Hopefully, net education levels will rise over time, increasing our resistance to and eventually destroying the harmful viruses that are unfounded conspiracy theories.
- triceratops 6y ago
  Spreading counter-conspiracy theories is like introducing a non-native species to fight termites. It might work but you will likely end up with a whole different set of problems.