The problem with freedoms, is that people are too damn free. To think, to feel, to communicate and relay ideas, to peaceably assemble. These same freedoms can be subverted, either by Klan or Protest Warrior, respectively.
If you do manage a form of reliable encryption that prevents detection, you MUST know that it will invariably be used for less than honorable deeds.
You can't ban things because they can be used for evil. Period. But you can consider the darker side. Ask the Manhattan Project people. Ask Nobel.
In this case, it's not: "Bad people might also use them." This is the information age. Bad people WILL use this. Child porn is bad, but if you had something that made both sender and receiver anonymous, and encrypted the data? Further, if it is just as available as something like BitTorrent? Kiddie pr0n is the least of the Internet's worries should that ever come to pass.
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I can't find the quote, but he DID regret the uninteded uses as a weapon.
The problem with freedoms, is that people are too damn free. To think, to feel, to communicate and relay ideas, to peaceably assemble. These same freedoms can be subverted, either by Klan or Protest Warrior, respectively. If you do manage a form of reliable encryption that prevents detection, you MUST know that it will invariably be used for less than honorable deeds. You can't ban things because they can be used for evil. Period. But you can consider the darker side. Ask the Manhattan Project people. Ask Nobel. In this case, it's not: "Bad people might also use them." This is the information age. Bad people WILL use this. Child porn is bad, but if you had something that made both sender and receiver anonymous, and encrypted the data? Further, if it is just as available as something like BitTorrent? Kiddie pr0n is the least of the Internet's worries should that ever come to pass.