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The idea that a piece of software can be “banned” on a national level shows how far we’ve fallen in terms of general purpose computing. In a reasonable world, b
by archagon 3y ago
The idea that a piece of software can be “banned” on a national level shows how far we’ve fallen in terms of general purpose computing. In a reasonable world, banning an app would be a non-sequitur, because you would always be able to find a mirror if you wanted to use it. Once governments discover that they have this power, they will make every effort to close the PC loophole and subsequently ban anything unfavorable to the ruling class and their patrons: torrent clients, software cracks, VPNs, end-to-end encryption, etc.
- ambichook 3y agothere's absolutely nothing illegal about installing the app, if you can find a mirror that's operated outside of US borders by a non US company then you can just download it still
- archagon 3y agoThe problem is that this is not an option on many devices due to walled corporate gardens.
- Invictus0 3y agoSo, you think it should be technically impossible to ban child pornography? There should be no consequences for possessing this in a "reasonable world"?
- archagon 3y agoCSAM is not software. It is content. In a reasonable world, there should be consequences for possessing it. Implementing these consequences on a technical level would be an egregious affront to our freedoms.
- Invictus0 3y agosoftware vs content is an irrelevant distinction, they're both digital objects composed of files and bytes. I see no reason the government should not able to regulate either one of them. The government already regulates lots of software via ITAR laws.