(Regarding Marginal Revolution, it is a worthwhile addition to anybody's regular blog reading list, and perfectly safe. When the FBI storm your house and search

(Regarding Marginal Revolution, it is a worthwhile addition to anybody's regular blog reading list, and perfectly safe. When the FBI storm your house and search your computer it will be no more incriminating than this computer hacking site that you seem to be posting comments on.) Your parting characterisation of the article is fairly accurate, but I have to stand in opposition to your disagreement with it. One should be afraid! So many laws so easily broken mean that one's liberty depends on inconsistent detection as much as it does good behaviour. I'm sure many look upon this as a way to give your friendly local police force a certain amount of flexibility when it comes to cracking skulls, but I for one see it in a more menacing light. I would prefer not to have to rely on the capriciousness of law enforcement. There's a good talk video on YouTube along these lines, about how one should never talk to the police. Here's a transcript: http://bitmote.com/index.php?post/2011/12/13/Why-You-Should-Never-Talk-to-The-Police%2C-Part-1-Transcript http://bitmote.com/index.php?post/2011/12/13/Why-You-Should-... TL;DR - nothing good will ever come of talking to the police unnecessarily, because if you do, they'll almost certainly be able to find something to get you with.