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"pedophiles use encryption, so encryption is the devil." seems to be where this is going. That's a slippery slope and a bit unethical to use pedophiles to push
by zxcvcxz 11y ago
"pedophiles use encryption, so encryption is the devil." seems to be where this is going. That's a slippery slope and a bit unethical to use pedophiles to push an authoritarian political agenda. I bet it's fun to call all his critics pedophile sympathizers and sit upon a moral high-horse of self-righteousness while pushing his authoritarian ideology under the guise of social justice.. That's the thing about these people, they take on social issues for which they can't be criticized without the criticizer looking like a pedophile, racist, or a misogynist. I guess it gives them a sense of power.
- userbinator 11y agoAlso terrorism and hackers (of the black-hat kind.) I've even been called one when I tried to argue against the proliferation of closed, walled-garden systems that seem so common today. That reminds me, Freenet has an interesting stance on this: https://freenetproject.org/faq.html#childporn https://freenetproject.org/faq.html#childporn
- _asummers 11y agoTo be clear, Tor does not provide encryption but anonymization. While your comment is valid (and something I personally agree with) nonetheless, I feel this distinction is important.
- thelamest 11y agoFor that purpose of anonymization it provides encryption, but with significant exceptions (non-hidden, non-HTTPS services) (when you use Tor correctly and can trust the PKI) (if I understand correctly).
- anigbrowl 11y agoYou're projecting a great more than he did.
- craigmccaskill 11y agoSadly this is where the UK government seems to be going [1]. They want all encryption to have a backdoor or be outlawed. [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/david-cameron-encryption-back-doors-iphone-whatsapp-2015-7?r=UK http://www.businessinsider.com/david-cameron-encryption-back...
- juliangregorian 11y agoHow do governments come up with this stuff? Don't they have state secrets to keep?
- Dolores12 11y agoI agree, thats kinda stupid. Pedophiles will use it anyway, but legitimate users will not.