In my opinion, and with acknowledging the downsides, the parts of modern IT that are capable of transmission for the purposes of duplication should have some de

In my opinion, and with acknowledging the downsides, the parts of modern IT that are capable of transmission for the purposes of duplication should have some degree of automated surveillance for safeguarding our populations from harm. Not just for CSAM but for other dangerous information as well. For example, stolen financial information like credit card numbers. For strictly single user stuff, I'm less sure. For example, personal, non-shared backups seem different to me than shared backup drives. I understand that an enterprising young hacker can encrypt it manually, but that's akin to someone becoming a gunsmith. It takes effort and usually the people that go through the training are the types of people we trust with the knowledge anyway. Now I've personally worked on software to help stop the spread of CSAM, so I have my biases here, but I also understand the dangers of unmitigated surveillance. But just as we trust our democracies with munitions, I think we should do the same with surveillance, provided that courts and the rule of law are strongly enshrined. From what I know, this is the case in my country of Canada. I want to live in a world that is safe and free. It takes work and discussions to achieve both at the same time, but I have faith that we can do it if we try.