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A few years ago a little girl went missing and unfortunately was later found dead in a nearby lake. It was determined that she had been abducted and killed. The

A few years ago a little girl went missing and unfortunately was later found dead in a nearby lake. It was determined that she had been abducted and killed. The local news station reported that there were approximately 15000 pedophiles in the surrounding region. I found it incredible that there were so many deviants known by the police in my community, they eventually caught the killer. He turned out to be a neighbor and confessed. I think the police are well aware of every download/upload of child porn or are atleast they are able to look it up when the need arises. The time for concern of protecting ones privacy on any digital connected device has come and gone, best to assume anything You do on your device is readily available for the authorities(and others) to exploit. *it was 21 years ago, and the only news report I found says 100 known but I am positive they said 15K.* https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/missing-girl-s-body-found-in-b-c-lake-1.232583 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/missing-girl-s-body-found-in-...

judge2020 5y ago
What's the chance that the news station said "out of 15000 potential perpetrators in the surrounding area, 100 are registered sex offenders"?
michaelmrose 5y ago
It is completely trivial to render your communications opaque to casual surveillance. If someone were truly committed to surveiling you it would be drastically harder. At the point where people are hacking your devices and watching you from across the street impossible. About 1/2 of 1% (estimates vary) of people are sexually attracted to children and an unknown number commit acts against children. Statistically if your kid gets abused it will probably be by someone you know and shouldn't have trusted. You should probably have a healthy mistrust regarding men alone with your kid and the government without being paranoid.
- sigmaprimus 5y ago
  >>>It is completely trivial to render your communications opaque to casual surveillance... Im not sure I understand what You mean by this, my thought or possible concern is that all web traffic, especially that which goes through known proxy addresses is being logged and flagged by local carriers and ISPs. Then in the event of a crime being commited in my area, my actions online including stuff from decades past will invite a knock on my door by the authorities or worse the media. I must stress, Im not worried about anything sexual but have done a great deal of research on some other subjects that are not exactly above board. I can appreciate the concern regarding apple scanning personal files and reporting matching files to the government, but feel the odds of a virus, vulnerability or exploit being used by a criminal ngo is just as big if not bigger risk and has been for a long time now. Anyways, like I said...for a while now I have been of the mindset that anything I do on a connected device (even temporarily connected) leaves me exposed, now or in the future. Maybe cancel culture has encouraged my current way of thinking.

judge2020 5y ago

What's the chance that the news station said "out of 15000 potential perpetrators in the surrounding area, 100 are registered sex offenders"?

michaelmrose 5y ago

It is completely trivial to render your communications opaque to casual surveillance. If someone were truly committed to surveiling you it would be drastically harder. At the point where people are hacking your devices and watching you from across the street impossible. About 1/2 of 1% (estimates vary) of people are sexually attracted to children and an unknown number commit acts against children. Statistically if your kid gets abused it will probably be by someone you know and shouldn't have trusted. You should probably have a healthy mistrust regarding men alone with your kid and the government without being paranoid.

sigmaprimus 5y ago
>>>It is completely trivial to render your communications opaque to casual surveillance... Im not sure I understand what You mean by this, my thought or possible concern is that all web traffic, especially that which goes through known proxy addresses is being logged and flagged by local carriers and ISPs. Then in the event of a crime being commited in my area, my actions online including stuff from decades past will invite a knock on my door by the authorities or worse the media. I must stress, Im not worried about anything sexual but have done a great deal of research on some other subjects that are not exactly above board. I can appreciate the concern regarding apple scanning personal files and reporting matching files to the government, but feel the odds of a virus, vulnerability or exploit being used by a criminal ngo is just as big if not bigger risk and has been for a long time now. Anyways, like I said...for a while now I have been of the mindset that anything I do on a connected device (even temporarily connected) leaves me exposed, now or in the future. Maybe cancel culture has encouraged my current way of thinking.