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But why, in an open protocol, spend engineering resources making it easier for them? I get why Big Tech does it: they need the .gov in their court when regulati
by ElevenLathe 4y ago
But why, in an open protocol, spend engineering resources making it easier for them? I get why Big Tech does it: they need the .gov in their court when regulations come up in the legislature, and they want the fat .mil contracts. People hacking for fun in their spare time don't have the same motivations.
- krapp 4y agoBecause we live in a society under the rule of law for which law enforcement's ability to enforce laws is generally seen as a good thing. The proper place to add 'friction' in that process is legislation - requiring a warrant, for instance. But there's nothing inherently unjust or malign about law enforcement being able to easily perform its duties (given a legitimate context) or even for companies to give law enforcement the means to police illegal content online, that's their job, nor is the cause of liberty necessarily served by making it arbitrarily difficult. But if you need a purely technical argument, because requiring law enforcement to use black-hat methods means requiring maintaining a minimal level of unsafety for the protocol.
- ElevenLathe 4y agoTo each their own. Personally, if I'm hacking on a hobby project, the last thing I want to do is read government standards documents and set up meetings with law enforcement IT people. If I were forced to do so, I would just start model railroading instead.