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by f3llowtraveler 3758 days ago
First, law enforcement catches and successfully prosecutes pedophiles all the time. It's called "good old fashioned police work" and it doesn't require violating our 1st, 4th, and 13th amendment rights.

Second, how on earth is Obama going to force me to stop using crypto, except to threaten me with violence for using it? Perhaps the government will start to license programmers, and prosecute those caught writing software without a license? (Don't laugh -- they already license hairdressers, marriages, and dogs.)