| > is not the real problem overzealous governments and wideranging police intelligence agency powers lauded over innocent citizens? Yes, they're the real problem. That doesn't mean it's futile to take away a powerful tool for them to use. > tech is amoral Tech is not amoral. It doesn't exist in a vacuum -- it has a context of who created it and what human actions it facilitates. For example, ransomware is amoral. Sure, the tools used to build it are neutral, but that's true of anything if you zoom out far enough (e.g. steel is amoral, but CIA drones aren't). > it's the people using it we need to solve You can't "solve" people. There will always be selfish, stupid, and shortsighted people in the world. All you can do is make sure that they don't have concentrated, unilateral power over others. Technology gives people that kind of power, and we can at least make sure that law enforcement in liberal countries doesn't misuse it. |