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> It's like 30 years ago saying "people record such abuse onto VHS tape 30 years ago was before the Internet became commonly available, and there was not a lot
by rootusrootus 3y ago
> It's like 30 years ago saying "people record such abuse onto VHS tape
30 years ago was before the Internet became commonly available, and there was not a lot of talk about CSAM. Hell, the first federal law against it was ... 1984?
Why did we not really care about it before then, but now it's a "no matter the cost" problem?
- autoexec 3y agoI don't think there was ever time when people didn't think it was a problem, but the focus was more on going after the people abusing children rather then the people passing around recorded evidence of the crime.
- rightbyte 3y agoIf I remember correctly more focus was on the collectors inciting to abuse by paying for the videos or like creating a market for it.
- throw0101a 3y ago> 30 years ago was before the Internet became commonly available, and there was not a lot of talk about CSAM. Cypherpunk FAQ dated 1994-09-10 had: > 8.3.4. "How will privacy and anonymity be attacked?" [...] > like so many other "computer hacker" items, as a tool for the "Four Horsemen": drug-dealers, money-launderers, terrorists, and pedophiles. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalyp... The 'Four Horsemen' term was coined in 1988. So yes, it was being talked about thirty years ago. Some of us witnessed the (first?) Crypto Wars of the 1990s: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars