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We need harsh penalties for criminals and cross border police responses (or military if necessary). The internet cannot remain anonymous. For every "activist"
by silexia 4y ago
We need harsh penalties for criminals and cross border police responses (or military if necessary).
The internet cannot remain anonymous. For every "activist" this supposedly protects, it provides cover to dozens of criminals harming hundreds of people.
- ETH_start 4y agoIf this is from overseas, then subjecting American internet users to mass-surveillance would have no effect, and the US lacks the jurisdiction to subject global internet users to mass-surveillance. >>For every "activist" this supposedly protects, it provides cover to dozens of criminals harming hundreds of people. Anonymity on the internet helps people fight back against government repression, which harms people on a scale that totally dwarfs the harm done by this phenomenon.
- dzhiurgis 4y ago> Anonymity on the internet helps people fight back against government repression Can you give example where this worked out? Was there any dictators toppled by anonymous posting?
- 8note 4y agoI don't the Americans would like it if the Mounties enforced Canadian law in the states. They especially wouldn't like it if the cartels enforced cartel law in texas
- anigbrowl 4y agoI think it can and should remain anonymous by default, but realism demands (and usually gets) a way through that anonymity by legal, technical, or investigative means sooner or later.