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by mirimir
3061 days ago
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I wonder what share of those "unseen crimes" are victimless? Such as dealing drugs through darknet marketplaces. Decriminalizing such activities could lighten the workload, perhaps considerably. More generally, unsolvable online crime is arguably an unavoidable cost of online privacy and freedom. Just as with encryption, having backdoors for some good guys (cops) puts other good guys (dissidents) at risk from bad guys (repressive regimes). |
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No kidding. A world with zero crime can be nothing but an authoritarian dystopia.
Just as with encryption, having backdoors for some good guys (cops) puts other good guys (dissidents) at risk from bad guys (repressive regimes).
On the other hand, encryption can also be used by companies to oppress and control their users ("walled gardens", DRM, and the like.)
Maybe the underlying philosophy here is that absolutism is never good, regardless of intention...